Letter of Representation – VAT Returns

A client’s annual letter on its Making Tax Digital VAT returns – complete sales, valid input tax, schemes, digital links and errors – with a per-return approval slip.

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Guidance notes included
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Accountancy practice – client documents

Letter of Representation – VAT Returns

About this document

What it’s for

An annual letter from a VAT-registered business to your firm covering the VAT returns you prepare and submit under Making Tax Digital: completeness of outputs, evidence for input tax, special schemes and partial exemption, digital records and links, and errors. A short approval slip for each return is included, with firm guidance, a tailoring table and a checklist.

When to use it

  • Once a year for each VAT client, covering all returns in the period
  • With the approval slip before you submit each return
  • Whenever an error, a new scheme or partial exemption comes into play

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Returns covered and approval
  2. Records and digital links
  3. Sales and output tax
  4. Input tax
  5. Schemes, partial exemption and property
  6. Errors and corrections
  7. Registration, payment and changes
  8. Laws, regulations, fraud and claims
  9. Specific representations

Also included

  • Part 1 – Guidance for your firm
  • Approval slip – VAT return for the period ended [DATE]
  • Appendix B – Firm checklist before accepting the letter

How to complete it

  • List the return periods covered in the table
  • Choose the record-keeping, schemes and errors options
  • Use the slip for each quarterly or monthly return

Key points to check

  • VAT registration threshold, error correction limits and partial exemption de minimis figures are placeholders

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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