If your payment is more than 30 days overdue, first and second late payment penalties apply. Find out how to avoid penalties and get help to pay in instalments.
Contents
- How late payment penalties work
- If you cannot pay your VAT on time
- Summary of late payment penalties
- Take action to avoid further late payment penalties
- Period of familiarisation
- If you do not keep to a Time to Pay arrangement
- Appeal a late payment penalty
- Late payment penalty example
Source gov.uk
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