How much VAT does the UK collect?

HMRC cash receipts of Value Added Tax were £179,861 million in financial year 2025-2026. This is HMRC cash. It is not ONS Appendix D, and it is not VAT charged on duty.

HMRC cash receipts. Not ONS Appendix D. Monthly rows run from April 2017. Figures from April 2026 are provisional until the 2026-27 Trust Statement. Income Tax and NICs from April 2026 use a new monthly alignment, so a year-on-year comparison of those months is not like-for-like.

Related

• HMRC cash by year
• ONS taxes and National Insurance
• Tax by month
• Tax receipts

Provenance

Source

HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions

Dataset

Value Added Tax, HMRC cash

Published

22 September 2026

Coverage

Financial year 2025-2026. Cash basis. Unit £ million.

Last updated

24 September 2026 (2026-09-24T08:05:00Z)

Not combined with incompatible series

Not ONS Appendix D. Not AHHY. Not JW2O. Included lines are not added again.