This Guide is fundamental to all practices who deal with Legal Aid work.  It not only offers guidance, but also gives simple step by step instructions in accounting for the correct VAT, whilst adhering to the Solicitors Accounts Rules 1998.

The significant areas of change are:-

1. Inclusion of Litigator Graduated Fee Scheme (LGFS)
2. Rate Change advice
3. Sample internal invoice
4. How to account for re-coupments
5. A break down of the higher and lower payment structure to legal aid
6. Expansion of the types of tax point.

The Guide can be viewed by using the "VATGUIDE2009" Menu button under "PUBLICATIONS" or it can be downloaded as a pdf file from the "User Downloads" page. Members are reminded they must be logged in to the web-site to access these pages.

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