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    Seth Burgess March 10, 2014 at 3:23pm

    Would those 3 not be classed as too close to each other? I thought you could only run multiple businesses if none would ever overlap or interact with each other.

  • Colin Hunt March 10, 2014 at 4:26pm

    You can not run parallel companies to keep under the VAT threshold.

  • Graeme @ BGS March 10, 2014 at 5:13pm

    Its possible but getting a lot harder. Post the question in the Hub and I will gladly expand upon this

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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd March 10, 2014 at 5:16pm

    I have three - one for lawn care, one for commercial planting and another for domestic maintenance.

    They don't all necessarily trade in the same area and certainly have different markets they aim at.

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    Gary RK March 10, 2014 at 5:17pm
    You can not as it is seen vat avoidance.

    I understand there are exceptions where the businesses operate in TOTALLY different business operation sectors ( I think they use the DTI business codes ), even then HMRC pay very very close attention to ensure you are not passing transactions through either business.


    Are you currently registered for VAT ?

    There are previous threads on LJN discussing this issue.
  • PRO
    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd March 10, 2014 at 5:22pm

    Check out the attached file and skip to page 353 where it talks about the artificial separation of businesses...

  • PRO
    Gary RK March 10, 2014 at 5:27pm
    Yep, that's very clear and too the point :-)

    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd said:

    Check out the attached file and skip to page 353 where it talks about the artificial separation of businesses...

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