VAT

Services

  • Check a UK VAT registration number is valid. Prove when you checked a number.

  • Sign in and submit ESL, RCSL and EU VAT refund application, and get help with lost username, password or account activation codes

  • How to register for VAT, change your details, cancel your registration, register for VAT in EU countries.

  • How to pay your VAT bill - including online by card or Direct Debit, from your bank with HMRC’s bank details, by standing order or at your bank or building society.

  • Current VAT rates - standard 20% and rates for reduced rate and zero-rated items

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