VAT: Registration
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, since January 2021, how many applications for UK VAT registration from companies incorporated in the UK within the previous 24 months have been (a) accepted without a compliance check, (b) accepted following a compliance check, (c) refused, and (d) subsequently cancelled within 12 months of registration.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
HMRC introduced a new VAT Registration Service in August 2022. The previous registration service did not include incorporation date data, so figures are only available from August 2022 to 1 January 2026.
The figures below relate to UK VAT registration applications from companies incorporated in the UK within the previous 24 months.
Outcome | Approximate number |
Automatically accepted | 328,000 |
Accepted after review | 158,200 |
Refused (for any reason) | 88,300 |
Subsequently deregistered within 12 months | 75,800 |
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