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	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the threshold for compulsory registration for VAT; and what plans they have to reinstate the policy of annually updating the threshold in line with inflation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Views on the VAT registration threshold are divided and the case for change has been regularly reviewed over the years.</p><p>In 2018, the Government consulted on how the design of the VAT registration threshold could better incentivise growth. However, there was no clear option for reform.</p><p>While the Government keeps all taxes under review, it was announced at Autumn Budget 2022 that the VAT threshold will be maintained at its current level of £85,000 until 31 March 2026.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/11/2023 12:00:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1547153

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current delay in HMRC processing new registrations for VAT; and what estimate they have made of the costs of such delays (1) to the businesses and organisations affected, and (2) to the Exchequer.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL3897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>HMRC aims to reply to 80% of VAT registration applications within 40 working days and are currently meeting that aim. However, for more complex applications or those that require additional checks, for example to identify fraudulent applications, this may take longer.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC expects to have significantly reduced the already small proportion of cases that are older than 40 working days by the end of 2022.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has made no estimate of the cost to business or to the Exchequer of delays in VAT registration processing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Harlech question first answered 14/12/2022 17:55:28 answering member 4928 label Biography information for Lord Harlech
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1552224

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Harlech on 14 December (HL3897), what proportion of VAT registration applications received in (1) June, (2) July, (3) August, and (4) September, had been dealt with by 30 November; and what were the equivalent figures in 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL4324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2023 answer text <p>The data requested is not straightforward to provide as HMRC do not report this data internally in the form requested. As such, the information cannot be provided within the timeframe without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2022 HMRC came under a significant attack from VAT registration fraudsters and we saw the number of registrations being sent to HMRC increase to unprecedented levels.</p><p> </p><p>To deal with this issue a number of measures were urgently put in place to protect genuine customers and to stop the increase in fraudulent activity. These measures entailed additional security checks that meant that some genuine customers were caught in the new processes to ensure the authenticity of the registration being made. HMRC does understand the frustrations from agents and businesses, and are working to ensure all genuine registrations are processed as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC aims to turnaround most VAT registrations within 40 working days and is currently meeting that service level agreement, although some cases do take longer due to additional compliance checks or complexity.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the high numbers of new registrations being submitted to HMRC during the summer, HMRC did not always meet the service standard over that time period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 04/01/2023 12:21:43 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1552225

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Harlech on 14 December (HL3897), what representations they have received about the length of time it takes for VAT registrations to be processed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL4325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2023 answer text <p>In July 2022 HMRC came under a significant attack from VAT registration fraudsters and we saw the number of registrations being sent to HMRC increase to unprecedented levels. To deal with this issue a number of measures were urgently put in place to protect genuine customers and to stop the increase in fraudulent activity. These measures entailed additional security checks that meant that some genuine customers were caught in the new processes to ensure the authenticity of the registration being made. HMRC understands the frustrations from agents and businesses and are working to ensure all genuine registrations are processed as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the high numbers of new registrations being submitted to HMRC during the summer, HMRC did not always meet their service standard over that time.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has received representations from individuals and organisations regarding timescales for registering customers for VAT. Where representations are made, HMRC has and will continue to work with individuals and businesses to overcome any challenges they are facing where possible.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC works hard to be open and transparent, particularly with business and agent representative bodies who HMRC meet regularly. HMRC have also, this year, stepped up their transparency by explaining processing times to agents through the HMRC Service Dashboard on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 04/01/2023 12:20:43 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey