New VAT Registration Service - further feedback from HMRC 12 August 2022

Further to our earlier news item on 10 August about the new online VAT registration service, the CIOT and other stakeholders have received an update paper from HMRC collating the all of the questions/feedback raised so far, including those in the CIOT/ATT joint submission. Please bear in mind that the CIOT has submitted further questions/feedback from members to HMRC since the earlier joint submission so there should be further updates to come.

There are several points to note in today’s update paper:

• Questions 5 and 12 cover the same question though there is a different answer for each – this has been queried.
• Question 11 – the CIOT has queried whether the ASA agent authorisation is limited to the VAT registration and MTD VAT returns only as we anticipate that a 64-8 may still be needed for other VAT services outside of the ASA (e.g. option to tax, VAT liability assessments)

If you are experiencing issues with the new online VAT registration portal and neither the update paper nor the information in the earlier Agent Briefing Note assist, do let us know at [email protected]. Please add ‘new online VAT registration portal’ to the email header.