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Preparing for VAT rate changes |
Aparion can help you prepare for VAT rate changes.
In his pre-budget report, the Chancellor Alistair Darling has cut VAT from 17.5% to 15% effective from the 1 December 2008. Whilst this change, as part of a £20bn package aimed at kickstarting the UK economy, needed to be implemented swiftly, it leaves little time for organisations who have never had to deal with a change in VAT to adjust.
The last time the United Kingdom changed the VAT rate was 17 years ago. The upshot of this is that a large number of systems that have been developed since then, have not been designed to allow the VAT rate to be changed. The rate of 17.5% is embedded within the system instead of being a value that can be easily changed.
Many systems can be affected, for example:
- Sage Line 50 (How to change VAT in Sage Line 50)
- Excel spreadsheets
- Access Databases and Reports
- Crystal Reports
- Business Objects
- Bespoke Web Applications
- Database Triggers and Procedures
- Custom Integration Development
Aparion IT has many years of experience with IT systems and software development in a diverse range of languages, including: .Net, Java, PHP and Ruby-on-Rails.
We are confident that we can quickly resolve VAT rate problems for you.
Don't let pricing issues cost you money rather than save you money.
Contact Us now and we will advise a cost effective solution regardless of your current technology. |
