for new-build self builders

Keep track of your VAT, and be ready to claim.

Record the VAT on every invoice as you go, so your claim is not a box of paperwork at the end.

Free to start. No credit card required.

VAT on this buildSample data
Timber frame supplyInvoice 0412, [Supplier]
£3,840
Recorded
Windows and doorsInvoice 0388, [Supplier]
£5,120
Recorded
GroundworksInvoice missing
£2,260
Needs invoice
VAT recorded so far£11,220

Helps you track VAT. It is not tax advice.

Sound familiar?

"We've got a drawer full of invoices."
"We're not sure which ones count."
"We'll worry about it at the end."

The reclaim only works if the paperwork is there. Recording as you go keeps it from becoming a scramble at the end.

VAT is shown separately, all the way through.

VAT shown separately

Budgets and spend show VAT apart from the net cost.

New builds only

Built around the new-build reclaim (VAT431NB).

Every invoice in one place

Each payment keeps its VAT and its paperwork.

A claim-ready pack

Pull your records together when you are ready to claim.

ready?

Keep VAT in order in three steps.

Record each invoice

Add the supplier, net amount and VAT as you pay.

Spot the gaps

See which payments are missing an invoice.

Prepare your claim pack

Export your records when you are ready to claim.

Simon and Jo smiling together on the plot in the Kent Downs
what we wish we had known
We'd talk at cross purposes, mostly about figures with and without VAT, and about what the kitchen budget actually was.
Jo, building our home in Kent
Now every invoice goes in as we pay it. When it's time to claim, the pack will already be there for us.
Simon, building our home in Kent

Self Build Budget helps you track VAT. It does not give tax advice. If you are unsure about your VAT position, speak to a qualified accountant or VAT reclaim specialist.

one last thing

Be ready to claim, without the scramble.

Start your budget free

- Simon and Jo