VAT Consulting Service

Our dedicated VAT specialists and customs consultants provide expert, tailored UK VAT advice and compliance services to businesses nationwide. We support companies in navigating complex VAT regulations, HMRC compliance requirements, and customs duties, helping minimise risk, improve VAT efficiency, and protect profitability.

Whether you require assistance with VAT registration, VAT planning, cross-border VAT, import and export VAT, customs duty advisory, or international trade structuring, we deliver commercially focused VAT solutions aligned with your business objectives.

Our VAT Services Include:

VAT Land & Property

VAT on land and property is one of the most complex areas of UK VAT law. We provide specialist advice on commercial property transactions, property development, leases, option to tax elections, and partial exemption calculations to help mitigate costly errors and unexpected VAT liabilities.

VAT Health Checks

Our proactive VAT health checks identify risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities within your VAT processes. We review your systems, controls, and historic VAT treatments to ensure compliance and reduce the likelihood of HMRC penalties and increase efficiencies and VAT recoverability wherever possible.

VAT Investigations & Appeals

If you are facing an HMRC VAT investigation or dispute, we provide strategic representation and technical defence. From responding to information requests to managing formal VAT appeals, we work to protect your position and achieve the best possible outcome.

VAT & International Trade Advisory

Our specialist VAT team provides expert UK VAT advice and worldwide VAT advisory services to businesses trading domestically and internationally. We support organisations navigating complex VAT regulations on cross-border transactions.

Meet Our VAT Expert

Jane Deeks is a Solicitor and practising Chartered Tax Adviser with over 26 years of experience specialising exclusively in VAT. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, VAT Practitioners Group and the Contentious Tax Group, reflecting her deep expertise across technical, advisory, and dispute resolution matters.

Known for breaking the mould of the typical VAT professional, Jane combines exceptional technical insight with a refreshingly approachable style. Her clients value her clarity, practicality, and ability to turn complex VAT issues into commercially focused solutions.

Jane began her career as a graduate trainee at PwC and has since worked with three of the Big Four accountancy firms, a leading VAT boutique specialising in investigations and litigation, and several mid-tier practices where she established and led VAT departments.

Jane’s client base spans from high-net-worth individuals and large corporates to ambitious owner-managed businesses. Jane’s particular passion lies in VAT on land and property, an area where she has earned a strong reputation for strategic and solution-driven advice.

Whether advising on multi-million-pound developments, HMRC disputes, or VAT planning opportunities, Jane brings calm confidence, legal precision, and a genuine enthusiasm for her subject, summed up by her motto: “Yes, I did just say I love VAT.”

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Would you like VAT support?

Contact us today, to organise your FREE, no obligation phone call with our experts.

0330 223 1257 
york@stratagemiis.co.uk