Written Question·Treasury·UIN 121537

Small Businesses: VAT

Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal DemocratInverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the administrative burden to the Treasury of processing VAT receipts for Businesses with a turnover under £250,000.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HMRC has not made an estimate of the administrative burden to the Treasury for processing VAT receipts for businesses with a turnover below £250,000. HMRC measures its overall operational costs across all taxes and does not hold this information at the le...

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