VAT Deferment Programme – Payment Plan

Set up an 11 month repayment plan to pay for historically deferred VAT due to Covid-19 – This service will close on 21 June 2021

If you deferred VAT between 20 March 2021 and 30 June 2021 and still have payments to make, you can:

• Pay the deferred VAT entirely on or before 31 March 2021 or,


• Opt in to the VAT deferral new payment scheme when it launches in 2021.

You cannot opt in yet. The internet opt in process will be obtainable in early 2021. You must subscriber yourself, your agent canrrrt do this for you.

Instead of coughing up the entire amount after March 2021, you can make up to 11 smaller monthly instalments, zero interest.

All instalments must be paid by the end of March 2022.

The scheme will allow you to:

• pay your deferred VAT in instalments without adding interest


• select the amount of instalments from 2 to 11 equal monthly payments

• 11 instalments should you join by 19 March


• 10 instalments should you join by 21 April


• 9 instalments should you join by 19 May


• 8 instalments if you join by 21 June.

To make use of this scheme you have to:

• still have deferred VAT to pay


• be up-to-date with your VAT returns


• opt in before the end of March 2021


• pay the very first instalment prior to the end of March 2021


• be capable of paying the deferred VAT by Direct Debit