24th March 2010 BUDGET PROPOSALS
AND CHANGES FOR 2010/2011 previously announced
(Subject to details in the Finance Bill)
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4.1 The standard rate was reduced from 17.5% to 15% on 1st December 2008 and reverted back to 17.5% on 1st January 2010.

4.2The annual registration limit is increased to £70,000 from 1st April 2010.

The deregistration limit is increased to £68,000 from 1st April 2010.

4.3 The annual turnover limit below which businesses can start to use both the VAT cash accounting scheme and the VAT annual accounting scheme remains at £1,350,000.

4.4 VAT fuel scale charges for private use of cars previously based on engine size are now to be based on CO2 emissions where the car is first registered after 1st March 2001. The scale charges have been revised to reflect changes in fuel prices and maintain alignment with CO2 bands used for income tax purposes.

For example, the scale charge for a car with CO2 emissions of 200 g/km is £411 per quarter, inclusive of VAT (increased from £352).

The new scale charges will apply from the start of a business’s next prescribed accounting period (normally referred to as a VAT quarter) beginning on or after 1st May 2010.