HMRC is reminding VAT-registered businesses that all VAT returns must be submitted online from this spring.

The current method of sending HMRC a paper VAT return will end from April, where all VAT-registered businesses in the UK will be required to submit their VAT returns online.

HMRC has listed some of the benefits of online filing compared to paper filing:

• an automatic acknowledgement that your return has been received;

• a handy sum checker; and

• an email alert to remind you when your next online return is due (as, after April, HMRC will stop sending out paper returns to customers who are now required to submit online).

Full details and support can be viewed here.