[AdamskiUK]

Hi guys,

I'm planning ahead here, but I have a couple of questions to ask.

So a HE student in the UK gets a 15% bonus as part of a UK contractual agreement with the government - something you can have a look at HERE.

What I was wondering was that if I apply this discount, would I still be eligible to claim back UK VAT as a business product?

For instance, say I was sponsored through University by a small business for my degree, could I make use of the fact that they're VAT registered and say that the MBP was for work too?

This would make the £1800 15" MPB £1530 with HE discounts, and on top of that I could claim back up to 20% in vat, totalling a notebook that's looking at about £1200 as opposed to £1800.

Perhaps I'm just getting hopeful and carried away, but I wouldn't mind seeing a bill for £1200 instead of £1800 for such a piece of kit.

Thanks for any knowledge in advance,

Adam

[Dez]

The VAT is separate from the discount so it is reclaimable, although your reasons for doing so seem a bit shaky to me. But if you can dodge the tax in general, dodging it on a HE discounted Mac will be no different.

[Daviant]

(Original post by AdamskiUK)
Hi guys,

I'm planning ahead here, but I have a couple of questions to ask.

So a HE student in the UK gets a 15% bonus as part of a UK contractual agreement with the government - something you can have a look at HERE.

What I was wondering was that if I apply this discount, would I still be eligible to claim back UK VAT as a business product?

For instance, say I was sponsored through University by a small business for my degree, could I make use of the fact that they're VAT registered and say that the MBP was for work too?

This would make the £1800 15" MPB £1530 with HE discounts, and on top of that I could claim back up to 20% in vat, totalling a notebook that's looking at about £1200 as opposed to £1800.

Perhaps I'm just getting hopeful and carried away, but I wouldn't mind seeing a bill for £1200 instead of £1800 for such a piece of kit.

Thanks for any knowledge in advance,

Adam

Sounds like fraud to me, but you'd probably get away with it.

[iisjman07]

I dont believe you can, but I could be wrong. You could buy from the eBuyer Business site which sells them without the VAT (eg the MBP 13" @ £999 is 850 with student discount, or £750 on eBuyer business)


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