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HMRC launches VAT Registration Estimator tool.
Consultation on VAT relief on everyday charitable donations will be launched before 23 July 2024.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Small businesses receive boost as VAT threshold raised and business rates frozen
Women will save up to £2 on a £12 pair of period pants as the government scraps VAT on the underwear.
HM Revenue and Customs is reminding VAT registered businesses to file their returns and pay on time, ahead of new penalties being applied
VAT-registered businesses must use Making Tax Digital compatible software for their VAT returns from 1 November 2022.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
HMRC urges VAT-registered businesses to sign up for Making Tax Digital for VAT before 1 April 2022.
Businesses that deferred VAT payments last year have until 21 June 2021 to join the new online payment scheme to spread the cost of their deferred VAT.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Businesses that deferred VAT payments last year can join the new scheme to pay it in smaller monthly instalments.
Testimonies from businesses on how Making Tax Digital and digital record keeping has worked for them.
No evidence of aircraft VAT avoidance in the Isle of Man but further compliance checks should be implemented, finds Treasury review.
Many of the 1.2 million businesses affected by the new rules will be required to submit their first quarterly return to HMRC using software by 7 August.
New digital tax system to give more than one million businesses more financial control.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Finance and accounting decision makers have admitted they lose paper receipts as HMRC encourages businesses to join Making Tax Digital.
A pilot for a new online VAT service was launched today, with HMRC inviting more than half a million businesses to try it ahead of new rules coming into force in April 2019.
More information on Making Tax Digital is now available to help businesses and agents understand what they need to do before the deadline.
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