Does it keep my PSA licence for intruder alarm and CCTV work?

No. The office keeps no PSA record, and no kind of work it sets up for alarms asks for a registration.

What VAT rate does it put on alarm work?

Supplying and fitting, or repairing and maintaining, an alarm in a building is at 13.5%, subject to the two-thirds rule. From a VAT-registered firm, alarm work goes out at that rate, weighed by the rule. Monitoring is at 23%. On an invoice that is not reverse-charged, a monitoring line can be marked Separate, standard rate.

Can it bill monitoring every month?

No. There is no recurring invoice. A monitoring fee can be billed on its own from New invoice on Money, with no job behind it.

Security work in Ireland

Every panel installed, serviced and on record.

In Ireland, a firm that installs or maintains intruder alarms, CCTV or access control must hold a licence from the Private Security Authority.

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Your kinds of work.

Alarm installation
Alarm service
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Rename them or add your own in the office.

Service dates that roll on.

Alarm panel: annual service

Sign off a sheet against the appliance and its next date moves on. Three weeks before it, your customer is emailed about that appliance.

Built around the work.

Every panel, and its warranty.

Each panel is intruder or fire, monitored or not, with its make, model, serial number and install date. With Warranty runs to filled in, an email about the cover goes out before that date.

The previous figure, in view.

On a sheet against the panel, each reading shows its figure from Last time, with the date. The box itself is never filled in for you.

Monitoring details on each site.

Your own fields On every site can hold the monitoring centre’s account number or the keyholder. Each premises keeps its own answer.

Burglar alarm installs are RCT work.

A burglar alarm installed, altered or repaired in a building for a principal contractor is RCT work. A contract that only maintains one is not, and the office bills the alarm service with ordinary VAT and no RCT.

Questions, answered.

Does it keep my PSA licence for intruder alarm and CCTV work?: No. The office keeps no PSA record, and no kind of work it sets up for alarms asks for a registration.
What VAT rate does it put on alarm work?: Supplying and fitting, or repairing and maintaining, an alarm in a building is at 13.5%, subject to the two-thirds rule. From a VAT-registered firm, alarm work goes out at that rate, weighed by the rule. Monitoring is at 23%. On an invoice that is not reverse-charged, a monitoring line can be marked Separate, standard rate.
Can it bill monitoring every month?: No. There is no recurring invoice. A monitoring fee can be billed on its own from New invoice on Money, with no job behind it.

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