Changes to the online VAT registration form
HMRC have updated the online version of the VAT 1 form (the application form for VAT registration) to match the paper version of the form. The ‘new’ paper version was put into circulation in late 2006, while HMRCs online system still used the ‘old’ format.
From 2010 all applications must be completed and submitted online. With both versions “in sync” the necessary change to online applications should be simpler