HMRC has advised that scheduled maintenance is taking place to the Making Tax Digital (“MTD”) VAT service from Saturday 21 September at 16:00 until Monday 23 September at 16:00, during which time the MTD service for VAT will be closed.
During this period, taxpayers and their agents will be unable to:
- Sign up for Making Tax Digital for VAT,
- Create an Agent services account (although all other Agent services will be available),
- Submit VAT returns,
- View previous submissions and payment details,
- Set up new or cancel and amend existing direct debits,
- Review and update any business details,
- Access the Business Tax Account to view or change details.
Further details can be found on the VAT and ITSA service availability pages: