questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many addresses in the United Kingdom are currently registered as the VAT address of 100 or more businesses; and what processes HMRC has in place to verify that such addresses represent legitimate serviced office arrangements rather than address fraud.
answerText: As of Tuesday 19 May 2026, there are 165 UK addresses that are currently registered as the VAT address of 100 or more businesses.HMRC undertakes a range of checks to ensure that business addresses provided for VAT registration purposes are appropriate. As...
heading: VAT: Registration