Question follow-through · 86539
Small Businesses: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the VAT registration threshold from £90,000; and whether she plans to conduct a review of the impact of current thresholds on SMEs.
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 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the VAT registration threshold from £90,000; and whether she plans to conduct a review of the impact of current thresholds on SMEs.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2025
Answer published
With a VAT registration threshold of £90,000, the UK’s threshold is higher than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. This means the majority of UK businesses are kept out of the VAT system. The Government’s approach to the VAT threshold aims ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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