Value Added Tax

Value Added Tax
From 4 January 2011 1 April 2011
Standard rate 20% 20%
Standard rate VAT fraction 1/6
1/6
Reduced rate 5% 5%
Reduced rate VAT fraction 1/21 1/21
Taxable Turnover Limits - from 1 April 2011
Registration - last 12 months or next 30 days over £73,000
Deregistration - next 12 months under £71,000
Cash accounting scheme - up to £1,350,000
Optional flat rate scheme - up to £150,000
Annual accounting scheme - up to £1,350,000

Where businesses wish to reclaim the input VAT on fuel which has some degree of private use, they must account for output VAT on a scale charge.

VAT scale figures for private use are now based on carbon emissions. Please visit HMRC Website for more information.