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Navigating VAT in the consulting
industry

See where VAT recovery opportunities are often missed in your industry

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Up to

25%

May be eligible for VAT recovery, offering significant savings!

Benefits

Maximise budgets

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Foreign VAT exposure often results
from VAT incurred on:

Professional services and client engagements

Reclaim VAT on cross-border consulting services, including project delivery, advisory fees, and international client work.

Professional services and client engagements

Travel and accommodation

Recover VAT on expenses such as flights, hotels, transport, and meals incurred during client engagements or internal training abroad.

Travel and accommodation

Meetings, events, conferences and tradeshows

Reclaim VAT on global industry events including registration, sponsorships, accommodation, and travel tied to business development or thought leadership.

Meetings, events, conferences and tradeshows

Training and development

VAT recovery on employee learning programmes, certifications, workshops, and upskilling initiatives – especially those hosted internationally.

Training and development

The consulting industry loses millions in
unclaimed VAT refunds every year

With consultants regularly working across borders and incurring high volumes of reclaimable expenses, the opportunity to recover VAT is substantial. VAT IT Reclaim partners with consulting firms of all sizes to identify eligible spend, simplify the reclaim process, and ensure full compliance – so your team can focus on what matters most: delivering value to clients.

Other high value expenses

Consulting industry FAQs

Explore our FAQs to learn how VAT recovery can support your industry, improve efficiency, and help you save more.

What expenses can consulting firms reclaim VAT on?

VAT can often be reclaimed on flights, hotels, local transport, meals, and supplier costs linked to client work abroad.

By keeping accurate records, validating invoices, and applying the correct VAT treatment based on where services are delivered.

We identify reclaimable spend, manage the paperwork, and ensure every claim meets local VAT requirements.

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