Over the coming years, the government will phase in its landmark Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative, which will see taxpayers move to a fully digital tax system.
This factsheet outlines some of the key issues for businesses.
In this brief guide we look at the ‘Domestic Reverse Charge’ (DRC) that is to be introduced for VAT on construction services from 1 March 2021. This was announced in a consultation in early 2018, with the intention that it shouldbe introduced on 1 October 2019. It was delayed for a year because of Brexit, then delayed another 5 months because of the pandemic. As far as we can tell, Brexit and the pandemic will still be with us on 1 March 2021, but we have to be prepared for the new rules to be introduced without a third delay.