Tax Rates & Allowances

Value Added Tax

From 1 Jan 2010 1 Dec 2008
Standard Rate
17.5%
15%
VAT fraction
7/47
3/23
Reduced Rate
5%
5%
Taxable Turnover Limits from 1 April 2010
Registration - last 12 months or next 30 days over £70,000
Deregistration - next 12 months under £68,000
Annual accounting scheme up to £1,350,000
Cash accounting scheme up to £1,350,000
Flat rate scheme up to £150,000

 

VAT on fuel for private use in cars

Where businesses wish to reclaim the input VAT on fuel which has some degree of private use, they must account for output VAT on a scale charge.

The table shows the VAT chargeable for quarters commencing on or after 1 May 2010. The last two columns take account of the change of the standard rate of VAT from 15% to 17.5% with effect from 1 January 2010.

CO2 emissions
(g/km)
Quarterly VAT
Fuel scale
charge £
VAT on charge
£

120 and below

141

21.00

121 - 134

212

31.57

    135 - 139     227     33.80

140 - 144

241

35.89

145 - 149

255

37.97

150 - 154

269

40.06

155 - 159

283

42.14

160 - 164

297

44.23

165 - 169

312

46.46

170 - 174

326

48.55

175 - 179

340

50.63

180 - 184

354

52.72

185 - 189

368

54.80

190 - 194

383

57.04

195 - 199

397

59.12

200 - 204

411

61.21

205 - 209

425

63.29

210 - 214

439

65.38

215 - 219

454

67.61

220 - 224

468

69.70

225 - 229

482

71.78

230 and above

496

73.87

 

ICPA

Federation of Small Businesses

Charted Management Institutes