Question follow-through · 73232
Companies: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average administrative cost is of collecting VAT from a VAT-registered company.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average administrative cost is of collecting VAT from a VAT-registered company.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
HMRC calculate annually the cost to collect £1 of VAT. In 2024-25, it cost 0.58 pence, i.e. less than one penny, to collect £1 of VAT on average. This ratio has been broadly stable over recent years. Cost of Collection - VAT - 5 year Trend from 2020-2021 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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