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HMRC statistics relating to VAT gap estimates.
An Official Statistics release. Published 30 October 2024. 1. What is the…
An Official Statistics release. Published 6 March 2024. 1. What is the VAT…
1. Contact Organisation unit - Knowledge, Analysis, and Intelligence (KAI)…
Summary of HM Revenue and Customs' tax receipts, National Insurance contributions (NICs), and expenditure for the UK.
Released 22 October 2024. Next release 21 November 2024. Headlines Gross…
Released 21 August 2024. Next release due Spring 2025. This release…
Research into customer perceptions and experiences of the VAT registration.
1. Glossary Term Definition Annual Accounting Scheme A VAT simplification…
Research into customer perceptions and experiences of VAT de-registration.
A longer time series of contributions to the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) and Consumer Prices Index (CPI), UK, monthly.
Research exploring the impact of Making Tax Digital on VAT customers below the £85,000 threshold following requirements introduced in April 2022.
Mixed methods research exploring the wider economic benefits experienced by VAT business using fully functional Making Tax Digital (MTD) software.
An overview of VAT statistics, covering receipts information and the characteristics of the VAT trader population in the UK.
This page presents the annual historic estimates for the Scottish share of UK VAT for the purposes of the Scottish Government budget (Scottish VAT Assignment).
A quality report on the VAT annual statistics which provides an overview of VAT statistics and the VAT trader population in the UK.
HMRC commissioned research to survey awareness of and preparedness for Making Tax Digital amongst VAT registered businesses below the VAT threshold.
A quality report on the Value Added Tax (VAT) Bulletin which contains quarterly statistics on historical receipts, trader populations, and duty rates of VAT in the UK.
This research explored reasons why mandated businesses had not signed up to Making Tax Digital for VAT.
This research provides estimates of the percentage of business-to-consumer sales as a proportion of overall sales for the VAT unregistered population.
The UK’s VAT-registered business population, provisional statistics for 2017, for businesses declaring trade in goods with EU and non-EU countries.
This research explored the knowledge and use of VAT partial exemption among businesses in 17 industry sectors.
Combined quantitative and qualitative study examining why small businesses register for VAT and their perceptions and experiences of doing so.
The UK’s VAT-registered business population for 2015 for businesses declaring trade in goods with EU and non-EU countries.
The UK’s VAT-registered business population for 2016, for businesses declaring trade in goods with EU and non-EU countries.
This research explored the attitudes and experiences of individuals shopping online, including misrepresentation or undervaluation, and consumer awareness of VAT and customs requirements.
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