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Written question asked by David Gauke (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 October 2007. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 October 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.

VAT: Registration

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of VAT registration applications have been processed within the target time in 2007-08.
Answer

[holding answer 8 October 2007]: The number and proportion of VAT registration applications processed within the target time in 2007-08 is;

2007 Number within 14 days Proportion (percentage) within 14 days
January 4,671 21
February 4,506 20
March 4,022 19
April 1,493 7
May 1,883 7.5
June 3,174 17
July 3,884 13

HMRC recognise that in recent months there have been some unacceptable delays for genuine businesses. Several factors have contributed to this, including an increase in the threat of fraud, an increase in the number of applications, and both resource and IT pressures. However, HMRC have put improvement measures in place and expect that a real upturn will be visible later this year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
153424; 465 c254-5W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Registration VAT
Link
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