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It is administered and collected by HM Revenue and Customs, primarily through the Value Added Tax Act 1994. VAT is levied on most goods and services provided by registered businesses in the UK and some goods and services imported from outside the UK. [2] The default VAT rate is the standard rate, 20% since 4 January 2011.
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (commonly HM Revenue and Customs, or HMRC) [4] [5] is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance numbers.
The UK fiscal year ends on 5 April each year. The financial year ends on 31 March of each year. Thus, the UK budget for financial year 2021 runs from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 and is often referred to as 2021–22. Historically, the budget was usually released in March, less than one month before the beginning of the new fiscal year.
The Finance Act 2021, Schedule 33 (Licensing Authorities: Tax Information) Regulations 2022 225: The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Loch Long and the Firth of Clyde) Regulations 2022 226: The Value Added Tax (Enforcement Related to Distance Selling and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 227
UK income tax and National Insurance charges (2016–17) UK income tax and National Insurance as a percentage of taxable pay, and marginal income tax and NI rate (2016–17) Annual income percentiles for taxpayers in the UK, before and after income tax. In the SVG file, hover over a graph to highlight it.
Inheritance tax thresholds, pensions life time allowances and annual capital gains tax exemptions to be frozen at 2020–2021 levels until 2025–26 It is expected that the measures will cause borrowing to fall to 4.5% of GDP in 2022–23, 3.5% in 2023–24, 2.9% in 2024–2025, and 2.8% in 2025–2026.
The list focuses on the main types of taxes: corporate tax, individual income tax, and sales tax, including VAT and GST and capital gains tax, but does not list wealth tax or inheritance tax. Personal income tax includes all applicable taxes, including all unvested social security contributions.
Figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast the economy to grow by 4% in 2021 and 7.3% in 2022, bringing it back to its pre-pandemic size by mid-2022. [98] 4 March – Amazon launches its first cashierless grocery store in the UK, which uses camera vision and sensors to automate the shopping process. [99]