Official Statistics

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.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
14 December 2018
Last updated
10 March 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Annual UK VAT Statistics 2020 to 2021 Commentary

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Annual UK VAT Statistics 2020 to 2021 Tables

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Annual UK VAT Statistics 2020 to 2021 Background and References

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Details

10 March 2022: Identified error within VAT registered population statistics

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have identified an error in VAT registered population statistics affecting the Value Added Tax (VAT) annual statistics Official Statistics.

The error has caused an underreporting of de-registrations since April 2019, and as a result the published overall VAT registered population at the end of the 2020 to 2021 financial year is approximately 5% too high.

Once the error has been fully investigated and quality assured, the corrected data series will be published on the 29 April 2022.

The affected data series is also found within the discontinued Value Added Tax (VAT) bulletin. This publication will be withdrawn on the same date and all data can be found within the Value Added Tax annual statistics.

About this publication

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 publications

Previous versions of this statistics release are available on the National Archives website.

Published 14 December 2018
Last updated 10 March 2022 + show all updates

  1. Announcement added relating to an identified error within VAT registered population statistics.

  2. Published statistics for 2020 to 2021.

  3. Removed old documentation, added a revision note, added a National Archives link and replaced documentation with the revised and accessible versions.

  4. Added revision announcement to the 'Details' section.

  5. Information for the consultation on the reduction and consolidation of HMRC statistics publications added

  6. Published statistics for 2019 to 2020.

  7. Published statistics for 2018 to 2019.

  8. First published.

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