2020-21 figures show Value Added Tax receipts down 22% due to emergency VAT deferral Figures released 14 December show the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on VAT receipts, including the March and June 2020 VAT payment deferral scheme used by over half a million
Ongoing evaluation of withholding VAT on non-resident sellers The UK government has recommitted to exploring VAT split payments by payment service providers on ecommerce trade between UK consumers and non-resident sellers. This came in yesterday’s Treasury Command Paper on tax administration and maintenance. Many challenges
Updated rules post-Brexit for non-resident providers of electronic services to UK consumers The UK introduced Value Added Tax obligations on foreign providers and marketplaces of electronic or digital services to consumers from 1 January 2015. This was part of the EU’s Mini One-Stop Shop MOSS
HMRC’s MTD for VAT 45% behind 2020/21 revenue budget; cost for taxpayers £1.5billion The UK’s National Audit Office has stated that expected revenues from HMRC’s Making Tax Digital for VAT (MTD) campaign only raised £265million in 2020-21 against the forecast of £470million. However, the aim
OST to level the playing field for the high-street; Delivery Tax also being considered The UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, last week confirmed that the government will publish shortly a consultation on an Online Sales Tax. If introduced, the revenue from an OST would be used
Planned post-Brexit Agri-foods pre-notification and documentation controls delayed again to July 2022 on delivery problems Following the end of the UK’s Brexit transition period from 1 January 2021, there has been a phasing in on the UK-side of import and export controls to ease the
The UK’s HMRC is set to go ahead with Phase 2 of Making Tax Digital for VAT on 1 April 2021. This will require UK VAT registered businesses over the UK VAT registration threshold of £85,000 to comply with three new requirements: Digital Bookkeeping; Digital
On 11 March, Michael Gove, minister for the Cabinet Office, announced a further six-month extension on import declarations completions and border checks until 1 January 2022. This acknowledges the struggles of UK and EU businesses to come to terms with the new, post-Brexit customs paperwork
Easement on temporary movements of goods between NI and GB The UK’s HMRC has provided some additional import tax reliefs on the movement of goods between post-Brexit Northern Ireland (NI) and the rest of the UK (GB). Goods which are only making a temporary movement
Intrastat reporting of EU goods movements ends for UK as part of Brexit; Northern Ireland – EU movements obligation remain Following the UK leaving the EU VAT regime and Customs Union on 1 January 2021, the UK have continued to require VAT registered businesses to
