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832,000 businesses face fines and missed VAT returns as new digital tax deadline is today

UK VAT registered businesses who are yet to sign up for the so-called Making Tax Digital (MTD)  will fall foul to non-compliance, penalties and an inability to file their VAT returns.

by | 1 Nov, 2022

The amount of businesses facing a default surcharge penalty is expected to significantly increase in November as a result of businesses being unable to submit their VAT return.

Despite this, it is anticipated that up to 832,000 businesses still remain unregistered for MTD – up to 33 per cent of UK VAT registered businesses (including British and foreign companies, according to data shared by tax compliance tax firm Avalara, shared exclusively with City A.M. 

Read more at City A.M.

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