Apply to receive non-financial VAT registration data from HMRC
Credit reference agencies and other qualifying applicants can apply for VAT registration data for use in making financial assessments.
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How to use the service
HMRC will only share non-financial VAT registration data with you if your business has a genuine need to use it for the purposes set out in section 8(1) of the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act ( SBEEA ) 2015 . HMRC will decide if you’re eligible to get this data. Your security management systems need to be accredited to ISO/IEC 27001 standards and certified by an independent accreditation body. Potential users include credit providers, credit reference agencies, banks and other financial services providers. You’ll need to be authorised to receive the data.
Requirements
Where HMRC agrees to share non-financial VAT registration data with you, HMRC may impose specific conditions or restrictions relating to your use of the data. HMRC will advise you of our decision and outline any conditions or restrictions. Your data sharing agreement will give details of the obligations that apply to you as an authorised recipient. These include: protecting the information HMRC shares with you maintaining up-to-date and accurate records, sufficient to enable our officers or any independent assessor or inspector to confirm your compliance with your obligations under your data sharing agreement and the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act ( SBEEA ) 2015. Your data sharing agreement may be cancelled if: you advise us at any time that you do not want to continue receiving VAT registration data HMRC decides to end the agreement in response to misuse or loss of VAT registration data shared with you HMRC identifies that you no longer have a requirement to receive VAT
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Apply to receive non-financial VAT registration data from HMRC
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