Hi There

1. Can the supplier refuse to add the (OUR) VAT number on previous issued Tax Invoice in case one was not a registered VAT Vendor by the time of the transaction

For sometime now I've been facing an issue regarding the INPUT VAT, The situation is that: We bought a Truck Tractor a year ago, by the time of purchase we were Non Vendor but couple of month after the purchase we managed to register for VAT. So now the problem is that we approached the supplier asking that the Tax Invoice be amended by adding our new vat number so that the Tax Invoice can comply with VAT requirement for Tax invoice (Sec20(4) and so we can claim the INPUT since we are still within the 5years period.

2. Since we are a registered VAT vendor now and we can claim the input within the 5years, For OUTPUT TAX purposes do we have to go back re-invoice again or Not?
The problem I see is that if we must go back and re-invoice, the customers won't be happy and will not pay then we suddenly become indebted to SARS.