VGROUPS04300 - Applications for VAT group treatment: Charter Standard

Within ten days of receipt of an application, HMRC will write to the trader to:

• request any additional information required to allow HMRC process the application, or
• give them their new VAT registration number (for new groups), and either

• confirm that their application has been approved (and the effective date), or
• advise them that further enquiries are to be made into the circumstances of their application.