Hi,
We got 10k worth of work done by a referred builder. We (naively) took his word that he was VAT registered, that we could get an HRI refund and a VAT receipt on completion of works.
A few months later, no receipt, nothing on the HRI system and no contact from the builder other than a brief phone exchange where he denied saying he was HRI registered, despite it being one of the assurances we used to justify paying so much money to him to begin with.
What are our options? Would Revenue accept his quote & bank records (luckily all payments were electronic and notated)? If he's not HRI registered does it mean we're out of luck no matter what? We feel like we were scammed out of an extra €1300.
We should have been more careful, but he came as a referral, but with no evidence / receipts etc do we have any recourse at all or do we just have to accept the loss?
Thanks
We got 10k worth of work done by a referred builder. We (naively) took his word that he was VAT registered, that we could get an HRI refund and a VAT receipt on completion of works.
A few months later, no receipt, nothing on the HRI system and no contact from the builder other than a brief phone exchange where he denied saying he was HRI registered, despite it being one of the assurances we used to justify paying so much money to him to begin with.
What are our options? Would Revenue accept his quote & bank records (luckily all payments were electronic and notated)? If he's not HRI registered does it mean we're out of luck no matter what? We feel like we were scammed out of an extra €1300.
We should have been more careful, but he came as a referral, but with no evidence / receipts etc do we have any recourse at all or do we just have to accept the loss?
Thanks