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Check whether your rolling 12-month taxable turnover means you must register for VAT in 2026/27, using the current £90,000 threshold and deregistration limit. It uses the rates and thresholds HMRC has published for 2026/27 (The compulsory VAT registration threshold is £90,000 of taxable turnover in any rolling 12-month period, not the tax or calendar year, and this figure should be re-checked each month, not just annually). Worked example: with taxable turnover for the last 12 months £82,000, expected taxable turnover in the next 30 days alone £8,000, the result is registration status Below the threshold — registration not required and vat registration threshold £90,000. Free to use, no sign-up, from LimitedCompany.Accountants (ICAEW-regulated ACCOTAX).
Every UK business needs to track taxable turnover on a rolling 12-month basis, not just by tax year. This calculator compares your turnover against the current VAT registration and deregistration thresholds for 2026/27 to flag when action is needed.
The vat registration threshold calculator runs on the rates and thresholds HMRC has published for the 2026/27 tax year, so the figures you see reflect the position your company is actually filing on rather than a historic set of bands. Change any input and the result recalculates immediately, with no sign-up and nothing sent anywhere.
If you are a director of a UK limited company, use it as a first look before a decision rather than as the decision itself. The compulsory VAT registration threshold is £90,000 of taxable turnover in any rolling 12-month period, not the tax or calendar year, and this figure should be re-checked each month, not just annually. Real company positions bring in other income, reliefs, group structures and prior year adjustments that a single page of inputs cannot see, which is why the workings are written out below under vat. Read those, then check the numbers against your own accounts, and speak to us if anything looks materially different from what you expected.
Last checked against HMRC rates: 12 September 2026 (2026/27 tax year). Reviewed by Waqas Sagar, Member of ICAEW, Fellow of ACCA, Fellow of AAT.
Result, 2026/27
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VAT registration threshold
Headroom before compulsory registration
Voluntary deregistration threshold
Once registered, you can apply to deregister if turnover falls below thisIllustration only, figures are based on the rates you have selected and the information entered. Please check your own position with us before acting.
Estimates for the 2026/27 tax year using published GOV.UK rates. Switch between 2026/27 and 2025/26 above.
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Book a free general call WhatsApp usBook technical advice (paid)Compulsory VAT registration is triggered in two ways: first, if your taxable turnover for any rolling 12-month period (not a fixed tax year) exceeds the registration threshold; second, if at any point you expect your taxable turnover in the next 30 days alone to exceed the threshold, for example due to a single large contract.
This calculator compares both figures against the current threshold and tells you which test, if any, is breached, along with how much headroom you have left on the rolling 12-month test.
Taxable turnover includes standard, reduced and zero-rated sales, but excludes VAT-exempt income and sales of capital assets; getting this classification right is often the trickiest part of the assessment.
Many businesses only check their turnover against the threshold once a year, at their accounting year end, but the legal test looks back over any rolling 12-month window, meaning you could breach the threshold mid-year without realising until it is too late.
If you fail to register when required, HMRC can still charge VAT on sales made from the date you should have registered, along with potential penalties, even if you never actually charged customers VAT at the time.
You can register voluntarily below the threshold, which allows you to reclaim input VAT on purchases, and can improve credibility with VAT-registered business customers, though it also means charging VAT to customers who cannot reclaim it, such as members of the public.
Once registered, you can apply to deregister if your taxable turnover for the next 12 months is expected to fall below the deregistration threshold, though HMRC will review the application before agreeing.
Treat the result as a planning figure for the 2026/27 tax year. If it changes what you were about to do, take a director's salary, a dividend, a large asset purchase or a filing decision, check it against your own accounts first. We can review the position with you and confirm the tax treatment before you commit.
It is based on any rolling 12-month period, checked continuously, not a fixed tax or calendar year. You need to review your turnover regularly, ideally monthly, to catch a breach as soon as it happens.
HMRC can require you to account for VAT on sales from the date you should have registered, even if you did not charge customers VAT at the time, and may also charge a penalty based on how late the registration was and the VAT due.
It depends on your customers: if they are VAT-registered businesses that can reclaim VAT, voluntary registration lets you recover input VAT on your own costs with little downside. If your customers are mostly the public, VAT will increase your effective prices or squeeze your margin.
No, only taxable turnover counts, which includes standard, reduced and zero-rated sales. VAT-exempt income (such as some financial, insurance, and residential property income) and the sale of capital assets are excluded from the threshold calculation.
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