Are UK examination services exempt from TVA?
I don’t know if anyone can help with an answer to my last (I hope) tax/VAT/TVA problem? I am self-employed in France but all my clients are in England. I have had a tax inspection here (and actually found it very helpful - perhaps more helpful than my accountant, but that may because of the language). One of the organisations I work for is Cambridge University who pay me under a PAYE reference for Examination services (writing and marking exam papers) which in the UK is exempt from VAT. They pay me on a piecework basis.
The French tax authorities seem to be saying that this service is exempt from UK VAT but not French TVA and I may therefore have to pay 19.6% of my total earnings from this contract since I set up in France. Does anyone know whether Education/Examination services are exempt under French TVA?