Repayment interest and commercial restitution for VAT Autumn Budget 2025 representation by the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

This joint representation by the CIOT and the ATT covers the blatant unfairness of the amount of interest HMRC charges taxpayers when a business pays VAT late and the amount that HMRC pays a taxpayer when there are delays in making repayments to a business when they are due. Unsurprisingly, taxpayers have to pay a higher rate of interest; for reasons unknown!

Details here.