Value added tax
| From 1 April 2011 |
From 4 January 2011 |
From 1 April 2010 |
|
| Standard rate | 20% | 20% | 17.5% |
| Standard rate VAT fraction | 1/6 | 1/6 | 7/47 |
| Reduced rate | 5% | 5% | 5% |
| Reduced rate VAT fraction | 1/21 | 1/21 | 1/21 |
| Taxable turnover limits | |||
| Registration - last 12 months or next 30 days over | £73,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Deregistration - next 12 months under | £71,000 | £68,000 | £68,000 |
| Cash accounting scheme - up to | £1,350,000 | £1,350,000 | £1,350,000 |
|
Optional flat rate scheme - joining up to - exiting over |
£150,000 £230,000 |
£150,000 £230,000 |
£150,000 £225,000 |
| Annual accounting scheme - up to | £1,350,000 | £1,350,000 | £1,350,000 |
Did you know?
That the Government expect to receive £100.3bn from VAT in 2011/12 (2010/11 £86.1bn)
It is expected that the standard rate of VAT will remain at 20% from 4th January 2011 to 2014.
VAT basics
- An introduction to VAT
- Value added tax
- Bad debt relief
- Issuing VAT Invoices
- Recovering VAT on staff expenses
- Fuel scale charges
- When to add VAT?
- Impact of the card protection plan case
- Deregistering for VAT
- The VAT change on 4 January 2011 - for reference purposes
VAT schemes
VAT compliance