25/08/2026
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Here's the VAT Trap in three steps:
1️⃣ You collect VAT from customers throughout the quarter. It sits in your account looking like working capital.
2️⃣ You spend against it, because it's there: wages, stock, suppliers, growth.
3️⃣ The bill lands. All at once. And suddenly the "cash" you thought you had isn't there.
It's one of the most common cash flow traps for otherwise healthy businesses, and it has nothing to do with how well the business is run.
The fix isn't complicated: know the trap exists, and plan for the lump sum before it lands, not after.
It's a small mental shift, but it's the difference between a VAT bill being a non-event and it being a genuine scramble.