VAT: Electronic Government

(asked on 5th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people affected by the IT issue which led to valid VAT registration numbers not being visible on the VAT Checker service.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 11th January 2024

This issue was specific to a small number of new VAT registrations not displaying on the GOV.UK service.

HMRC implemented a fix on 17 May 2023 to prevent any further problems with new VAT registrations.

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