Sole Trader and Virtual Office

[Emil Majewski]

Hello,

I'm looking at setting up a business (Sole Trader) with HMRC Online but I'm renting my current property and I can't use my address for for business purposes... so can I use virtual office address for the registration with HMRC?

 

[Tier1Logistics]

Hi Emil,

Yes you can use a Virtual Office Address for your business, there are no rules against this.

Have a nice day.

 

[StevensOnln1]

HMRC will want to know your home address anyway, regardless of whether you use a different trading address for your business.

 

[TODonnell]

We rent virtual offices - mailing addresses. People think they can use our address as their trading address or 'principal place of business' when they register for VAT with HMRC. They can't.

HMRC want to know where you are physically operating from. They may wish to visit you. This isn't your virtual mailing address.

You can use an address like ours for ordinary business correspondence as a mailing address; where people can write to you. Including HMRC.

 

[Paul Gregory]

I would have thought a PO box.

 

[Formations Factory]

Hi Emil,

You can use our London business address as a trading address for your Sole Trader business. It costs only £99 / year and your correspondence will be sorted and re-directed to your preferred address, either within the UK or abroad.

Any questions - send me a private message.

Thanks.

 

[contracthireacar.com]

For Virtual Offices I recommend CITIBASE. I've used them for years with other businesses. If you've got an accountant, they may let you use their address? And for a telephone answering service, I've used AllDayPA for years and always been happy. As others say, HMRC still need to know your rented residential address, though.