Corporation Tax and VAT: Registration
Commons · Question 74942 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken by HMRC to issue (a) Corporation Tax Authentication Codes and (b) VAT registration numbers on small businesses; and what steps she
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 12 Sep 2025
HMRC aim to process 80% of VAT registration applications within 40 working days of receipt.They processed 80.25% of VAT registrations within 40 days of receipt in 2022/23, 88.08% in 2023/24 and 94.73% in 2024/25.Improving day-to-day performance is a key p...