Value Added Tax

From
1 April 2013
Standard Rate
20%
VAT fraction
1/6
Reduced Rate
5%
Taxable Turnover Limits
Registration - last 12 months or next 30 days over £79,000 from 1 April 2013
Deregistration - next 12 months under £77,000 from 1 April 2013
Cash accounting scheme - up to £1,350,000
Optional flat rate scheme - up to £150,000
Annual accounting scheme - up to £1,350,000


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 2013.

CO2 emissions
Appropriate percentage
Quarterly VAT
(g/km)
Petrol
%
Diesel
%
Fuel scale
charge £
VAT on
charge £
Zero
0
0
168
28.00
Up to 75
5
8
168
28.00
76 - 94
10
13
168
28.00
95 - 99
11
14
168
28.00
100 - 104
12
15
168
28.00
105 - 109
13
16
168
28.00
110 - 114
14
17
168
28.00
115 - 119
15
18
168
28.00
120 - 124
16
19
168
28.00
125 - 129
17
20
253
42.17
130 - 134
18
21
269
44.83
135 - 139
19
22
286
47.67
140 - 144
20
23
303
50.50
145 - 149
21
24
320
53.33
150 - 154
22
25
337
56.17
155 - 159
23
26
354
59.00
160 - 164
24
27
371
61.83
165 - 169
25
28
388
64.67
170 - 174
26
29
404
67.33
175 - 179
27
30
421
70.17
180 - 184
28
31
438
73.00
185 - 189
29
32
455
75.83
190 - 194
30
33
472
78.67
195 - 199
31
34
489
81.50
200 - 204
32
35
506
84.33
205 - 209
33
35
523
87.17
210 - 214
34
35
539
89.83
215 - 219
35
35
556
92.67
220 - 224
35
35
573
95.50
225 and above
35
35
590
98.33