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Background

UK VAT registered businesses who had a VAT payment due between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020 were allowed to defer the payment until a later date, without paying any interest or penalties. Subsequent VAT payments due after that period were due as normal, but businesses have until 31 March 2021 to pay the deferred amount without incurring interest or penalties.

Repayment options

HMRC announced a further VAT deferral payment scheme to help businesses repay the deferred VAT. Under the scheme, you could choose to pay your deferred VAT in equal instalments, interest free and choose the number of instalments that suits you, from 2 to 11.

Applications to join this scheme closed on 21 June 2021 and for those businesses who didn't join the scheme, any deferred VAT outstanding after 30 June 2021 will be treated as debt and may incur a penalty. Read more >

If you're struggling to pay your outstanding VAT debt, you should contact HMRC.

Recording your repayments 

You should use your normal method of processing payments to HMRC.  Please contact your Sage ERP 1000 Customer Services team for any questions about this. 

Additional questions you may have

To help support you, we've put together a handy coronavirus UK VAT deferral FAQs guide.

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