[Question] Company names and vat registration

[ians]

A question, If i am a sole prop and i am registered with vat, can i be trading under a variety of names using the same vat number?

ie: Joe Soap...vat number 123456
trading as

(names just used for example)
Joes plumbing
Wood creations
Ally creations
Joes power tools
etc..
all with the same vat number.
Can i use the same bank account for all the names, in other words can i open 1 bank account under the name Joe soap and use it for all transactions.

[Dave A]

I stand to be corrected, but when it comes to VAT, I should think your "trading as" names should be listed on your VAT registration in the trading name section.

[Justloadit]

If I am not mistaken, the "Trading as" has also been recently abolished, and requires you to register each entity as an individual business.

[ians]

thanks for that info, i need to do a little more research into this.