Navigating VAT in the engineering
industry

See where VAT recovery opportunities are often missed in your industry

Up to

25%

May be eligible for VAT recovery, offering significant savings!

Benefits

Maximise budgets

Foreign VAT exposure often results
from VAT incurred on:

Tooling costs

Reclaim VAT on production tooling, fixtures, cutting equipment, and patterns, especially where tooling remains with suppliers but is owned by your business.

Tooling costs

Supply and install costs

Recover VAT on cross-border installation and assembly projects. Thanks to EU and UK simplification rules, supply and install invoices may be reverse charged, enabling compliant and efficient VAT recovery.

Supply and install costs

Other high-value operations costs

Reclaim VAT on permit and licensing fees, import VAT, supplier invoices, transport, marketing, business entertainment, and international accommodation costs.

Other high-value operations costs

Conferences, events, meetings and tradeshows

VAT recovery available on attendance fees, event registration, travel, accommodation, and sponsorships linked to global engineering expos and technical summits.

Conferences, events, meetings and tradeshows

The engineering industry loses millions in
unclaimed VAT refunds every year

Global engineering firms face VAT exposure across tooling, international projects, supplier logistics, and technical events. We help you identify reclaimable spend, simplify cross-border compliance, and recover VAT, so you can reinvest in innovation, delivery, and infrastructure.

Other high value expenses

Engineering industry FAQs

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

What VAT can engineering companies reclaim?

Typical recoverable costs include tooling, supply and install projects, permits and licences, supplier invoices, import VAT, transport, business entertainment, and international conferences or trade shows.

How can engineering firms ensure they’re complying with VAT laws?

By keeping valid invoices, applying the right country rules, and ensuring all claims are supported by proper documentation.

How does VAT IT support engineering businesses?

We identify eligible spend, manage compliance, and handle claims worldwide so firms can focus on project delivery.

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