Key benefits
- No upfront fee. We are paid only from what we recover.
- Recovered VAT goes straight back into your cash flow.
- A lower risk of penalties from future assessments.
- Clear recommendations to tighten your processes.
20+ years of finding the VAT that systems and auditors miss.
Blumont recovers overpaid and unclaimed VAT for medium and large companies in South Africa, Ireland, the United Kingdom and across Europe.
What a review coversA Blumont review pays for itself. There is no upfront fee, and we invoice only once the money is back in your account.
A comprehensive forensic review of every part of your VAT, from input and output VAT to the returns themselves. We work on any accounting software, whether that is SAP, Oracle, Sage, Xero, Syspro or another system entirely.
What a review coversTrusted by some of the largest companies in South Africa and Europe
Recent recoveries
All recoveries
R105 million for a global insurance group, that a Big Four audit and review had missed.
R100 million for a chemicals and energy group, across fifteen legal entities.
R90 million for a commercial property developer, from contracts that never reached its returns.
R15 million for a leading steel manufacturer, despite a full-time VAT specialist in-house.
Where an audit stops, a Blumont review begins
An annual audit confirms that your financial systems are accurate and that your VAT control account balances. It is built to test the totals.
A Blumont review tests the treatment of the VAT itself. We take a holistic approach, covering unclaimed input VAT, overpaid output VAT and the reconciliation of every VAT return, and we ask the questions an audit never reaches:
- Was the right rate charged on each sale and purchase?
- Was VAT due in the first place?
- Was every input VAT claim actually made?
- Were zero-rating and bad debt relief used where the law allows?
We harness AI. Others rely on it.
Some of our largest recoveries come from businesses that trusted automation too much. We check that automated VAT systems and processes are actually working. AI is a useful tool, but it cannot yet understand and investigate complex VAT structures to find the errors that matter. You get human expertise with AI efficiency.
Questions we are often asked
Our process
- One data request: ledger and VAT return extracts.
- Forensic analysis by our software and specialists.
- Every finding walked through with your team.
- You decide what gets claimed, and you submit it.
Data security
- We work under your NDAs and data protection policies.
- Documents are verified under controlled conditions.
- One named analyst for the life of the review.
- Compliant with POPIA and the GDPR.
“It was as simple as sending over some spreadsheets.”
That is how one client described working with us. We start with a single data request, walk every finding through with your team, and never deal with the tax authority on your behalf. You decide what gets claimed.
VAT paid in South Africa since October 2021 can still be reclaimed. In Ireland, the United Kingdom and across most of Europe the window reaches back to October 2022, and it closes a month at a time.
These dates move forward with today's date. Claim periods vary by country and circumstance, so we confirm yours at the outset.
Nick Griesel founded Blumont after a project for the South African Revenue Service showed him what large companies were leaving unclaimed.
Meet the teamStart with a conversation
Tell us a little about your business and we will reply by email. Enquiries go directly to Carl in Cape Town or Maggie in Ireland.
South AfricaCarl Badenhorst
carl@blumontanalytics.com
Ireland, the United Kingdom and EuropeMargaret Naughton
mn@blumontanalytics.com