VAT registration delays set to continue

The Government has confirmed that businesses applying to register for VAT may experience delays for some time to come.
HMRC have been set a target of processing 70 per cent of applications within a 14-day period by January 2008.
However, the minister responsible for resolving the long-standing problem of the slowness with which registrations are being dealt has admitted that HMRC is unlikely to achieve that target.
During October, only 20 per cent of applications were processed within two weeks.

Jayne Kennedy, the financial secretary for the Treasury tasked with resolving registration problems, has admitted that HMRC will probably not succeed in hitting the 14-day processing deadline. She said “HMRC is working towards the target. However, it will be a challenge for them given the constraints they face.”

It has been a long-standing issue. In the year to April 2007, there were 851 complaints about delays in handling registrations, up from 401 in the previous year. In the last six months alone, a further 829 complaints have been received.

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There are 3 different levels of Broadcall - Broadcall, BroadCall plus and Broadcall laptop.

You can choose the equipment and level of performance that suits you best.
There are two different prices for BroadCall depending on whether new equipment has been installed in your local BT exchange.

This is a process known as local loop unbundling or "LLU".
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If your local exchange has not yet been "unbundled" and you connect to our BroadCall service, we'll check your local exchange every six months.
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BroadCall with Free Laptop

One package: high-speed broadband, low-cost calls, line rental included and no connection fee - from only £19.99 a month.



This amazing package offers all the benefits of BroadCall, and a free high-spec Fujitsu Siemens laptop. It is available to all existing and new customers who have at least one energy service with us. The laptop even comes with a free lifetime extended warranty (for as long as you remain connected to BroadCall Laptop tariff).
BroadCall Laptop gives you:
free laptop (see specification on right)
free wireless router
up to 8 Mbps broadband
40 GB data transfer per month
free email anti-spam
free email anti-virus
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1.7GHz Intel processor
1024MB RAM
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Vista Home basic
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