The VAT online service will be unavailable between 07.00 on 4 April and 06.00 on 6 April 2011. You will not be able to submit your VAT Return, set up a Direct Debit or view your account online during this period.
If your online VAT Return has a due date of 7 April 2011, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) strongly recommends that your VAT Return is submitted before 4 April 2011 to ensure you meet this date. If this is not possible, then you should submit your return as soon as possible when the service resumes on 6 April 2011. If you are a day or two late because you are unable to access our system, and you cannot submit by 7 April 2011, during this period of unavailability HMRC will adopt a light touch approach. This means that no customer will be penalised for a late return or Direct Debit payment if this is due to HMRC systems being unavailable during the period before the 7 April due date. You must however keep a record of any error message you receive to show that you have made every effort to submit your return by the due date or as soon as possible thereafter.
HMRC is sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
