The problem with buying from a dealer, Taffmog, is that the dealer has to put on 20% VAT and also his mark up. I am not registered for VAT ( too small ) so I can't claim it back in any other way than passing it on to my customer at the end of the project. Maybe my business will grow to the VAT size but I do hope not. I just want to be left alone to do nice things for nice people and their cars - not caught up in the commercial rat race - call me a dreamer!
Surely this isn't true. As I understand it, most car dealers use the second-hand margin scheme, on which they only pay VAT on their margin (or mark-up), not on the whole value of the car which would already have been VAT paid when first registered. The dealer's margin is in this case the perceived "added value".
