What is it?
VAT payments will be deferred for 3 months (until 30 June 2020). Taxpayers will be given until the end of the 2020 to 2021 tax year to pay any liabilities that have accumulated during the deferral period. It does not cover VAT MOSS payments.
For the self-employed, Income Tax payments due in July 2020 under the Self-Assessment system will be deferred to January 2021. Self-employed will also get full Universal Credit at a rate equivalent to statutory sick pay.
Eligibility: All UK businesses are eligible.
What do I need to do to access it?
This is an automatic offer with no applications required. Businesses will not need to make a VAT payment during this period.
VAT returns should be filed as usual. In order to ensure payments are not taken automatically, direct debits should be cancelled. VAT refunds and reclaims will be paid by the government as normal.
Who do I need to speak to?
This is an automatic offer with no applications required.
