Course Details

A VAT update to reflect some new procedures for registering for VAT as agent, the transition from CHIEF to CDS (customs/duty) and proposed changes to SDLT legislation which could come into force next year.  


Useful for agents who register clients for VAT. Even if not familiar with customs duty, knowing the procedures clients may need to entail will help Accountants guide clients through the new style HMRC screen formats.


In this session, Jason Croke covers the following:

  • Agent VAT Registration Process – new process (from 01 August 2022)
  • Customs Declaration Service (CDS) and duty deferment account (from September 2022)
  • Energy Saving Materials – VAT update
  • SDLT – Potential changes to legislation
  • New VAT penalties (from 01 April 2023)

CPD Course Speaker

VAT Director Rayner Essex

Jason Croke

Jason has over 20 years’ experience working exclusively in indirect taxes (VAT, import duty, SDLT) with owner-managed businesses, corporates and not for profit sectors. He particularly enjoys challenging HMRC decisions, representing clients in tribunals or during inspections.

His experience includes land and property, partial exemption and European VAT matters but equally happy with a VAT registration request too. Jason also advises on other indirect taxes such import duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax.

VAT and duty is a complicated subject, his main strength is being able to explain complex law in an easy-to-understand manner, enabling clients to understand what the problem is and crucially, what the solution is too.

It has often been said that he actually makes the subject of VAT sound interesting, but we will let you be the judge of that!

In his spare time, Jason likes cycling, regular (but not obsessive) trips to the gym, skiing in winter and hiking in the summer and is married with one teenage daughter.