Written Question·Treasury·UIN 74943

Corporation Tax and VAT: Registration

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton 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 Tomlinson
HMRC 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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