VAT register inactivity. HMRC may contact you by phone call or email if they believe you no longer need to hold a VAT registration number, due to recent inactivity on your VAT account.

Currently, HMRC tells business owners and accountants it could take up to 40 working days, around eight weeks, to deal with a VAT registration request.

On HMRC's website, on the summer closure of their telephone line, it states that they will be dealing with only 6,600 urgent calls a day.' 'I dread logging into work' ...

Contact HMRC. You can also check if a business is VAT-registered by contacting HMRC directly. Call the HMRC VAT Helpline on 0300 200 3700 and provide the VAT number you want to validate. A HMRC ...

Increased tax compliance measures have yielded £11.4bn in unpaid tax as investigations into rich people and mid-size businesses grew. The sum came as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) opened 23% more ...

VAT register inactivity. HMRC may contact you by phone call or email if they believe you no longer need to hold a VAT ...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has released new guidance on how to check if a phone call you've received from them is genuine. It comes after the government department confirmed that some people will ...