VAT Online Information Events

Free Help and Advice for Local Businesses

HMRC encourages customers to use its VAT Online service

If you’re running a successful business, you’ll know how crucial it is to keep up to date with developments. Since 1 April 2010, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been phasing out paper VAT returns. This means that any business with an annual turnover of £100,000 or more, and all VAT businesses which register for VAT on or after that date, irrespective of turnover, will have to file their VAT returns online and pay any VAT due electronically.

HMRC are here to help you make the simple transition to filing your VAT return online, and to highlight the benefits that going online brings to your business.

HMRC will be offering free help and advice at the three CAFRE (College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise) Campuses; Enniskillen Campus, Loughry Campus (Cookstown) and Greenmount Campus (Antrim).

This event has been designed especially for VAT registered businesses and HMRC staff will be on hand to help you enroll for the VAT online service. So why not call in at a time convenient to you?

If you would like to enroll for the VAT online service at this event, please bring with you the following information:

1. VAT registration number

2. Principal Place of Business postcode

3. Effective date of Registration for VAT (that is, dd/mm/yyyy)

4. Final month of last VAT return submitted

5. The Box 5 figure on your last submitted VAT return

6. If you have them already, your existing HMRC or Government Gateway User ID and Password

Mark Holden, Programme Director for HMRC, said:

“I am delighted that we are bringing these VAT Online events to Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has a well established business community, but in any successful business, time is often a luxury. This event offers a valuable opportunity for our customers to obtain quality advice from HMRC staff in a relaxed environment.”

HMRC’s VAT Online event takes place between 10am and 4 pm:

Monday 23 August

IT Teaching Suite, Main Building, Enniskillen Campus, Levaghy, Enniskillen BT74 4GF.

Tuesday 24 August

IT Suite, Estate Building, Loughry Campus, Cookstown BT80 9AA.

Wednesday 25 August

Computer Suite 4, Greenmount Resource Centre, Greenmount Campus, Antrim BT41 4PU.

Notes to Editors

From 1 April 2010, all VAT registered businesses with an annual turnover of £100,000 or more (excluding VAT) have to file their VAT returns online and pay electronically.
From 1 April 2010, all businesses newly registering for VAT, whatever their turnover, are required to file their VAT returns online and pay electronically.
Paper returns remain an option for those remaining VAT registered businesses with a turnover under £100,000, but this is currently under review.
You can find out more about filing your VAT return online at www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/vat-online/index.htm

Issued by HM Revenue & Customs Press Office

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