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The VAT registration and deregistration thresholds will not change for a further period of two years from 1 April 2024.

At £85,000, the UK’s VAT registration threshold is more than twice as high as the EU and OECD averages.

The Chancellor has announced that VAT-free shopping scheme for visitors to Great Britain has been cancelled. The scheme was announced just three weeks ago, and would have enabled overseas tourists to get a refund on the VAT paid on goods bought on the high street or in malls, at airports and other departure points, and exported from the UK in their personal baggage.