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The construction industry is not properly prepared for major VAT changes set to start in October, so the government needs to delay its implementation to avoid chaos, according to the FMB<\/h2>\n

In a\u00a0letter<\/a> to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the FMB warned that without proper guidance on VAT changes, the construction industry would be thrown into chaos.<\/p>\n

This comes after HMRC published guidance on reverse charge VAT<\/a> just four months before the changes were due to come into place. This has been criticised for being inaccessible to most in the industry and is even contradictory in places.<\/p>\n

HMRC was also due to have a dedicated website and marketing campaign for the changes to help prepare the hundreds of thousands of construction companies who will be impacted by the changes.<\/p>\n

Reverse charge VAT will have a damning impact on cash flow, as well as being a significant administrative burden, fundamentally changing the way construction companies invoice their clients and pay their taxes to HMRC.<\/p>\n

Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB, commented: \u201cConstruction companies are already struggling with Brexit uncertainty, sky-rocketing material price rises and skill shortages and reverse charge VAT<\/a> is yet another thing for them to deal with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes things worse is that HMRC has failed to deliver on its promise to help the industry to prepare. The guidance is not user-friendly and even tax experts are scratching their heads over it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berry concluded: \u201cIt\u2019s therefore not surprising that the vast majority of construction SMEs are not aware of the impending changes, despite widespread promotion by the FMB. Small business owners are busy people and clearly they don\u2019t have time to read everything we send them.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those who are aware, they haven\u2019t had a chance to change their systems yet as they were waiting for guidance to be published that has only just emerged. That\u2019s why we are calling on the government to delay the changes by another six months and to use the extra time to improve the guidance and work with us to undertake a more intensive communications campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cHMRC should also consider holding workshops across the country to explain the changes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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