VAT: Registration
Commons · Question 2285 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 27 May 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
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 compl
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 27 May 2026
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 appl...