14 February 2020 
Amanda Darley, Head of Operations and Engagement
If your university had a deferment from submitting VAT returns via MTD until the first VAT return ending after 1 October 2019, have you remembered to include signing up for MTD in your MTD preparations?! (Perhaps not such a daft question as it sounds!). Your Nov-Jan VAT return must be submitted via MTD, so you need to make sure you sign up asap! We have a copy of HMRC's sign up guide for deferred businesses on our MTD webpage here, and if you are signing up during February for Nov-Jan VAT returns it says:
'If you file Nov19 - Jan20 return early make sure you’ve signed up in good time
Direct Debit payers - check that payment for the final non MTD return has been completed before signing up
Sign up for Direct Debit Payers closes 27/02/20
Not a DD Payer? Sign up at least 72 hours before filing'
Have a look at the full HMRC MTD 'when to sign up' guide for deferred taxpayers and then make sure you sign up here!
