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VATREG25000 · Effective Date of Registration (EDR)

  • VATREG25050 · Introduction and law
  • VATREG25100 · Calculating the EDR
  • VATREG25150 · EDR supplied by the trader on the VAT 1
  • VATREG25200 · Earlier agreed EDR
  • VATREG25250 · EDR for group registrations
  • VATREG25300 · EDR for transfers of going concerns
  • VATREG25320 · VATREG25320 - Change of EDR in cases of Compulsory Registration
  • VATREG25370 · VATREG25370 - Change of EDR in cases of Voluntary Registration
  • VATREG25500 · Failure to notify
  1. Effective Date of Registration (EDR): contents
  2. Effective Date of Registration (EDR): calculating the EDR

VATREG25100 | Effective Date of Registration (EDR): calculating the EDR

From HM Revenue & Customs · VAT Registration

The EDR will depend on whether the trader needs to register under the backward or forward look.

The backward look

If the trader is liable because, at the end of any month, the total value of the taxable supplies he made in the past 12 months or less is more than the registration threshold, then the date of registration is the first day of the second month after his taxable supplies rose above the threshold. You may find the following example useful.

TimelineDate
Registration threshold exceeded22 April
Trader becomes liable to be registered30 April
Trader must notify liability by30 May
EDR will be1 June

The forward look

If the trader is liable because at any time he expects that the value of his taxable supplies in the next 30 days alone will exceed the registration threshold, then the date of registration is the date when he first formed that expectation. You may find the following example useful.

TimelineDate
Trader forms the expectation22 April
Trader becomes liable to be registered22 April
Trader must notify liability by21 May
EDR will be22 April
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