Paper VAT registrations end on 13 November

HMRC will be scrapping paper VAT registrations and mandating online only sign-ups next week

The new rules will come into effect from 13 November as part of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) strategy.

Taxpayers will have to register for VAT through the online VAT Registration Service using their Government Gateway account. However, some types of business will not be able to use the service as the online service still needs to be expanded to cover businesses joining the agricultural flat rate scheme, overseas partnerships and entities without a unique tax reference (UTR) number.

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