Originally Posted by angatol

If I buy something that would normally be VAT chargeable and am bound for SFO and I tell Dixons LHR that, they will charge me the same amount and there will have been no VAT paid, hence my employer can't claim it back. If I tell them I'm flying to EDI they would pay VAT and my employer could claim it back. Where am I wrong?

Originally Posted by angatol

If I buy something and can claim it on expenses, that conflicts with my employers preference to reclaim the VAT on that purchase rather than let Dixons LHR have it.