Tax Training Courses
This page details the Tax Training courses being run this year. Bespoke courses can also be run on request
The Tax team run a number of training courses on all taxes. A list of courses are available below but there is also the opportunity to have a bespoke training course designed for your department. Please contact the Tax Team directly, if you would like to take this opportunity forward.
When further sessions are available, the information will be made available on this web page and notice included in the VAT Newsletter. To subscribe to the Newsletter, please contact finance.communications@admin.ox.ac.uk.
Next courses:
- VAT Basics - 22nd August 2019
- VAT & Research - 25th September 2019
- VAT Basics - 30th September 2019
- VAT & Conferences - 24th October 2019
- VAT & Imports - 20th November 2019
To book places please visit CoSy.
All courses will be held at the Finance Division, 23-38 Hythe Bridge Street.
This course is a pre-requisite for any other VAT courses.
This course covers:
- What VAT is
- The different rates of VAT
- Who pays VAT
- When VAT is charged
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
This course covers:
- How to use the Oracle AP tax codes for requisitions, purchase orders and purchase invoices
- Purchases from UK suppliers only
The course does not cover overseas suppliers, medical reliefs, other VAT reliefs or expenses (all of these topics will be covered on other courses).
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
The course will be approximately 2 - 2.5 hours long.
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
This course covers:
- How to use the Oracle AR tax codes
- Invoices to/income from UK customers only
The course does not cover overseas customers or research (these topics will be covered on other courses).
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
The course will be approximately 2.5 hours long.
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
This course covers:
- The expenses form and VAT
- Evidence required if claiming any VAT
- What to do if not claiming any VAT
This course does not cover AP tax codes in detail (this is covered on a separate course).
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
The course will be approximately 1.5 hours long.
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
This course covers:
- VAT relief on purchases of certain equipment for medical or veterinary research & training
- VAT relief on purchases of chemicals and substances for medical or veterinary research
The course does not cover how to use AP VAT codes in general or VAT treatment of research income.
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
The course will be approximately 2-2.5 hours long.
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy
This course covers:
- Which reports to run
- When to run the reports
- How to analyse the reports
- How to amend errors
This course does not cover how to use the AP and AR tax codes (this is covered on other courses).
The course will be approximately 2 hours long.
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
- Oracle Accounts Receivable VAT
- Oracle Accounts Payable VAT
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
This course covers:
- The difference between EU and non-EU sales
- VAT implications of selling goods to overseas customers
- Oracle AR tax codes for sales to overseas customers
This course does not cover:
- UK AR tax codes (covered on separate course)
- Overseas suppliers & AP codes (covered on separate course)
- Intrastat
- EC Sales Lists
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
- Oracle Accounts Receivable VAT
The course will be approximately 1.5-2 hours long.
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
This course covers:
- The difference between goods and services
- The difference between EU and non-EU purchases
- VAT implications of buying goods from overseas suppliers
- Oracle AP tax codes for purchases of goods from EU suppliers
- Oracle Tax Codes for goods imported from outside the EU
The course does not cover:-
- Overseas suppliers of services
- UK AP tax codes
- Overseas customers & AR codes
- Intrastat
- EC Sales Lists
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
- Oracle Accounts Payable VAT
The course will be approximately 1.5 hours long.
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
This course covers:
- The difference between goods and services
- VAT implications of buying services from overseas suppliers
- Oracle AP tax codes for purchases of services from overseas suppliers
- Reverse charge VAT: when it is and it isn't payable
The course does not cover:-
- Overseas suppliers of goods
- UK AP tax codes
- Overseas customers & AR codes
- Intrastat
- EC Sales Lists
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
- Oracle Accounts Payable VAT
The course will be approximately 1.5 hours long.
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
This course covers:
- VAT and research from a departmental view point
- VAT on research funding
- VAT on research costs
This course does not cover medical research VAT reliefs (this is covered on a separate course).
Pre-requisites for this course:
- VAT Basics
- Oracle Accounts Receivable VAT
- Oracle Accounts Payable VAT
The course will be approximately 1-1.5 hours long.
To book a place on this course please visit CoSy.
What do people say about VAT & Research:
“I have come away with a better understanding of a very complex subject” (09/05/19 Psychiatry)
“Very good overview with enough detail to make it useable” (09/05/19 anonymous)
For further information, please contact:
vatenquiries@admin.ox.ac.uk
Contact Us
: Finance Division
University of Oxford
23-38 Hythe Bridge Street
Oxford OX1 2JD
: 01865 (6) 16215
Reference
Newsletter Links
- July 2019 Tax News (PDF)
- May 2019 Tax News (PDF)
- March 2019 Tax News (PDF)
- January 2019 Tax News (PDF)
- November 2018 Tax News (PDF)
