Written Question·Treasury·UIN 74943
Corporation Tax and VAT: Registration
Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what performance indicators are used by the HMRC for the registration of (a) VAT registration numbers and (b) corporation tax authentication codes; and how often such targets were met in each of the last three years
Answer
Dan TomlinsonHMRC aim to process 80% of VAT registration applications within 40 working days of receipt.They processed 80.25% of VAT registrations within 40 days of receipt in 2022/23, 88.08% in 2023/24 and 94.73% in 2024/25.Improving day-to-day performance is a key p...
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