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Consultation on VAT relief on everyday charitable donations will be launched before 23 July 2024.

• Updated: 18 April 2024

Small businesses receive boost as VAT threshold raised and business rates frozen

• Updated: 1 April 2024

Women will save up to £2 on a £12 pair of period pants as the government scraps VAT on the underwear.

• Updated: 1 January 2024

HM Revenue and Customs is reminding VAT registered businesses to file their returns and pay on time, ahead of new penalties being applied

• Updated: 22 February 2023

VAT-registered businesses must use Making Tax Digital compatible software for their VAT returns from 1 November 2022.

• Updated: 4 October 2022

HMRC urges VAT-registered businesses to sign up for Making Tax Digital for VAT before 1 April 2022.

• Updated: 7 January 2022

Businesses that deferred VAT payments last year have until 21 June 2021 to join the new online payment scheme to spread the cost of their deferred VAT.

• Updated: 20 May 2021

Businesses that deferred VAT payments last year can join the new scheme to pay it in smaller monthly instalments.

• Updated: 23 February 2021

Testimonies from businesses on how Making Tax Digital and digital record keeping has worked for them.

• Updated: 1 December 2020

No evidence of aircraft VAT avoidance in the Isle of Man but further compliance checks should be implemented, finds Treasury review.

• Updated: 16 October 2019

Many of the 1.2 million businesses affected by the new rules will be required to submit their first quarterly return to HMRC using software by 7 August.

• Updated: 11 July 2019

New digital tax system to give more than one million businesses more financial control.

• Updated: 1 April 2019

Finance and accounting decision makers have admitted they lose paper receipts as HMRC encourages businesses to join Making Tax Digital.

• Updated: 19 February 2019

A pilot for a new online VAT service was launched today, with HMRC inviting more than half a million businesses to try it ahead of new rules coming into force in April 2019.

• Updated: 16 October 2018

More information on Making Tax Digital is now available to help businesses and agents understand what they need to do before the deadline.

• Updated: 13 July 2018