Value Added Tax (VAT) annual statistics
An overview of VAT statistics, covering receipts information and the characteristics of the VAT trader population in the UK.
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Details
18 June 2021: Revision complete
Revisions to the annual VAT statistics for the tax year 2020 have now been completed.
25 May 2021: Revision announcement
HMRC has made revisions to its historic tax receipts data (financial years between 2015 to 2016 and 2019 to 2020) which will have an impact on VAT statistics. The most recent publication will be revised to include these revisions by the end of June 2021. The latest receipts data is available in the 25 May 2021 HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK publication. More information on the receipts revisions can be found in the statistics announcement dated 25 May 2021.
About this publication
The consultation on the reduction and consolidation of HMRC statistics publications, which ran between 8 February 2021 and 12 March 2021, has now concluded and the responses and outcomes published.
This annual Official Statistics publication provides information on VAT receipts in the UK, including Home VAT and Import VAT. It also contains statistics and analysis on the VAT trader population and registrations.
Before December 2018, the publication was formerly called ‘VAT Factsheet’ and was published at HMRC’s ‘UK Trade Info’ portal.
Previous versions of statistics releases are available on the National Archives website.
Last updated 18 June 2021 + show all updates
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Removed old documentation, added a revision note, added a National Archives link and replaced documentation with the revised and accessible versions.
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Added revision announcement to the 'Details' section.
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Information for the consultation on the reduction and consolidation of HMRC statistics publications added
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Published statistics for 2019 to 2020.
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Published statistics for 2018 to 2019.
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First published.