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Input Tax/Partial Exemption definition

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What does Input Tax/Partial Exemption mean?

Input tax/partial exemption in a nutshell 
Input tax is the VAT which a VAT-registered business incurs on purchases (stock, overheads, capital assets) and which it uses for business purposes (businesses and consumers that are not VAT registered will still incur VAT, but this will not be recoverable as input tax). If the business makes only taxable supplies, it can recover all its input tax (with certain exceptions). If the business makes only exempt supplies, it cannot recover any of its input tax (and usually will not be VAT registered); if it makes both taxable and exempt supplies, it is partly exempt and can only recover the input tax attributable to taxable supplies. 
 
What are taxable supplies? 
Taxable supplies are any supplies (generally speaking, sales) made in the course of a business which are not exempt supplies. Supplies at the standard, reduced and zero rates are all taxable supplies. 
 
What are exempt supplies? 
The main categories of exempt supplies are: 
•     Betting and gaming 
•     Education 
•     Health and welfare 
•     Insurance  
•     Financial services 

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