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How long ago did you purchase the goods?
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Many thanks for your patience. In a business to business transaction if both parties are registered for VAT, the party supplying the goods/service is legally required to issue an invoice. The contents of the invoice are detailed here:
https://www.gov.uk/invoicing-and-taking-payment-from-customers/invoices-what-they-must-include
As you can see the amount owed is one of the requirements so if they have not provided you with the correct amount owed you can argue that no satisfactory invoice has been issued and as such you would not pay until you have the correct invoice issues to you and it satisfies the legal criteria.
If there is no legal requirement for an invoice to have been issued (i.e. you are not both registered for VAT), then you cannot argue that no legally valid invoice has been issued because that would not be a legal requirement. You would then have an obligation to pay the amount that had been agreed between you, once a demand has been made, or on the pre-agreed payment date. The fact that an incorrect invoice was issued would not be a major issue because you both know how much is actually owed and you are due to pay that.
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