VAT - overview
How VAT works for UK businesses, when to become VAT-registered, how to keep VAT records and how to complete a VAT return.
HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES SUCCEED
Effective VAT planning aims to ensure that VAT is relatively painless, and that you are reclaiming as much as possible of the VAT you pay.
How VAT works for UK businesses, when to become VAT-registered, how to keep VAT records and how to complete a VAT return.
A sector-by-sector guide to the VAT rules that apply to different businesses; which businesses need to register for VAT and the latest VAT rates.
UK VAT reporting has changed under Making Tax Digital; these FAQs focus on the key issues business need to know.
Guide to common VAT problems: highlighting potential VAT pitfalls so that business owners can avoid making VAT mistakes or breaking VAT rules.
The way VAT-registered businesses must keep their VAT records and file their returns has changed under Making Tax Digital (MTD).
How to keep accurate VAT records and complete VAT returns under Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules.
Everything you need to know about VAT: from keeping VAT records to completing VAT returns and complying with Making Tax Digital for VAT.
How to simplify VAT using VAT accounting schemes, including the flat rate scheme, the cash accounting scheme and the reverse charge scheme.
MTD for VAT is the first phase of the government initiative to record and file all taxes digitally. It applies to almost all VAT-registered businesses.
How to submit VAT returns under Making Tax Digital (MTD), including advice on MTD rules and using MTD-compatible software and accounting apps.
Use this Tool to find out how you can pay any VAT owing to HM Revenue & Customs.
VAT-registered businesses charge VAT on sales of goods and services. Use this tool to find the correct VAT rate you must charge and pay to HMRC.
Once your sales reach the annual threshold, you must register for VAT. Our guide to when and how to register, and what you need to do once you have.
If you register for VAT with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), you must charge VAT on any goods and services you sell that are subject to VAT.