Straight after the Council meeting on 1 March I submitted a Freedom of Information Request regarding MetPro. One of the questions I asked related to the number of staff and cost. The response I received was that there were 7 Metpro staff on duty and the cost was £411 plus VAT.
In the last 24 hours the Metpro invoices have been disclosed and they show some very worrying signs of poor procedure like a hand written timesheet different charging rates etc. Of particular interest to me are the invoices which relate to the council meeting on 1 March. On closer examination the invoices for council meeting show only five staff on duty at a cost of £411 plus VAT, not seven staff as detailed in the FOI response. I duly emailed the FOI department to query this and almost by return was told that yes there were seven staff on duty but MetPro had only billed for five staff! I wonder how many times the reverse was true.
Ask for proof and report them to the ICO
ReplyDeleteI believe that "MetPro (Risen from the Grave) Limited" should have NOT charged VAT unless
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(b) it stated that "VAT Registration Applied For".
Neither is the case.
baarnett, I can't believe that whoever processed this invoice didn't immediately rejects it without a VAT number. It just seems to get worse.
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