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Value Added Tax (VAT) Bulletin

Quarterly provisional VAT receipts and registrations statistics.

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From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
19 February 2016
Last updated:
30 July 2021
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  1. Updated with provisional data from April 2021 to June 2021.

  2. Following the announcement of revisions to historic tax data receipts data on 25 May 2021, these revisions have been incorporated in the Value Added Tax (VAT) bulletin.

  3. Landing page updated and old editions removed from GOV.UK (now hosted on the National Archives). 2021 Quality Report also linked.

  4. Added revision announcement to the 'Details' section.

  5. Updated with provisional data from January 2021 to March 2021

  6. Information for the consultation on the reduction and consolidation of HMRC statistics publications added

  7. Updating to include October to December 2020 data.

  8. Update with provisional data from July 2020 to September 2020

  9. Updated with provisional data from April 2020 to June 2020

  10. Updated with provisional data from January 2020 to March 2020

  11. Update with provisional data from October 2019 to December 2019

  12. Update with provisional data from July 2019 to September 2019

  13. Update with provisional data from April 2019 to June 2019.

  14. Update with provisional data from January 2019 to March 2019.

  15. Update with provisional data from October 2018 to December 2018

  16. Update with provisional data from July 2018 to September 2018

  17. Update with provisional data from April 2018 to June 2018

  18. Update with provisional data from January 2018 to March 2018

  19. Update with provisional data from April 2017 to June 2017

  20. Update with provisional data from January 2017 to March 2017

  21. Update with provisional data from August 2016 to September 2016

  22. Update with provisional data from July 2016

  23. Update with provisional data from June 2016

  24. Update with provisional data from May 2016

  25. Update with provisional data from April 2016

  26. Update with provisional data from March 2016

  27. Update with provisional data from February 2016

  28. First published.

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Following the consultation on the reduction and consolidation of HMRC statistics publications, the final publication of this bulletin was in July 2021. Since Autumn 2021 the contents of this bulletin has been provided within the Annual VAT statistics publication.

Documents

Quarterly VAT statistics commentary (April to June 2021)

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Quarterly VAT statistics tables (April to June 2021) [Withdrawn]

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Quarterly VAT statistics background and references

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Details

Following the consultation on the reduction and consolidation of HMRC statistics publications, which ran between 8 February 2021 and 12 March 2021, the final publication of this bulletin will be in July 2021. From Autumn 2021 the contents of this bulletin will be provided within the Annual VAT statistics.

The Value Added Tax (VAT) Bulletin provides quarterly VAT receipts and trader population data. Total VAT is broken down by net Home VAT and Import VAT. Home VAT is broken down by payments and repayments and the VAT trader population is reported as registrations, de-registrations and the live trader population.

The VAT rate businesses charge depends upon their goods and services. Go to VAT rates on different goods and services for detailed guidance about rates.

Quality report

Further details, including data suitability and coverage, are included in the VAT Bulletin quality report.

Archive versions of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Bulletin published on GOV.UK are no longer hosted on this page and publications from March 2019 are instead available via the UK Government Web Archive, from the National Archives.

Archive versions of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Bulletin published between April 2008 and December 2018 can be found on the UK Trade Info website.

The VAT Bulletin is Crown copyright. The information can be used as long as the source is explained by the user.

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