MTD for VAT

Check your VAT status and digital process.

All VAT-registered businesses should now be within MTD for VAT unless HMRC has confirmed an exemption or an exemption application is awaiting a decision.

What this check looks at

Your VAT registration
MTD for VAT generally follows VAT registration, including voluntary registration.
Records and digital links
We check whether compatible software, spreadsheets and transfers appear connected correctly.
Your VAT-return process
You receive a practical status indication and HMRC links for any likely gap.

This is not a VAT registration-threshold test. A business can be VAT registered voluntarily below the compulsory-registration threshold and must normally still follow MTD for VAT.

Start the VAT status check Read the VAT guide

HMRC’s MTD for VAT collection ↗VAT Notice 700/22 ↗