Corporation Tax and VAT: Registration
Commons · Question 74943 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what performance indicators are used by the HMRC for the registration of (a) VAT registration numbers and (b) corporation tax authentication codes; and how often such targets were met in each of the last three years
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...