The Domestic reverse charge VAT legislation is a change in the way Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) registered construction businesses handle and pay VAT. It is being introduced in the UK from 1 March 2021.
It affects VAT registered construction businesses who supply or receive construction and building services that are reported under the CIS). It means the customer (contractor) will be responsible for the VAT due to HMRC instead of the supplier (subcontractor).
The measure will mean that for certain supplies of construction services (‘specified services’) the customer will be liable to account to HMRC for the VAT in respect of those purchases rather than the supplier (the ‘reverse charge’). The reverse charge will apply through the supply chain where payments are required to be reported through the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) up to the point where the customer receiving the supply is no longer a business that makes supplies of specified services – these businesses are referred to as ‘end users’. Where the service is being supplied to the ‘end user’ VAT must be charged in the normal way.
For reverse charge purposes consumers and final customers are called end users. They are businesses, or groups of businesses, that are VAT and CIS registered but do not make onward supplies of the building and construction services supplied to them.
The reverse charge does not apply to supplies to end users where the end user tells their supplier or building contractor in writing that they’re an end user.
You must use the reverse charge for the following services:
As our services are not in line with CIS and we do not provide any labour element as part of our sales, we will be classed as an ‘end user’ from a supplier’s point of view. Therefore, the reverse charge will not apply to us.
Please see the link below for further information:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-reverse-charge-technical-guide