Perhaps someone on the RotorHeads forum could also help - I know from speaking to numerous heli-schools they usually say you can register and claim back the VAT - how do those guys go about it?
This is a subject that has confused me a lot recently and a C&E officer I spoke to confused me even more...I said if I set up my own business...selling pleasure flights..and voluntarily registered for VAT..and charged my customers VAT...why wasn't I able to claim back VAT from training costs within the last 3 years - his answer was that flying was a hobby...even commercial training was a hobby - at which point I realised he was a eediot and left him where he was standing.
