Are you near the VAT registration threshold?

DashVue’s VAT registration threshold tracker watches your rolling 12-month eBay turnover against the UK’s £90,000 VAT registration point, so you can see your headroom and get an early warning before you are legally required to register.

Where to find it

Open the Tax page in DashVue and look for the “VAT registration threshold” card. It shows your rolling 12-month turnover as a large headline figure, the percentage of the threshold that represents, a progress meter with a marker at 80%, and a strip showing your sales trend across the last 12 months.

How the rolling 12-month figure is calculated

The tracker adds up your realised eBay sales over the trailing 12 months, not a fixed calendar year or tax year. The window moves forward every day: as older months roll off the back, newer months roll on at the front, and the headline figure updates to match. This mirrors how HMRC actually assesses the VAT threshold, as a continuous rolling test rather than a once-a-year snapshot.

What the status badge and colours mean

The card carries a status badge that changes as your turnover moves:

• Comfortably below: your rolling 12-month turnover has plenty of room under £90,000.
• Approaching threshold: you are getting close, and it is worth watching the projected crossing date below.
• Over the threshold: your rolling 12-month turnover has gone over £90,000.
• VAT registered: shown once you have told DashVue you are registered, the card switches to a deregistration view instead of a registration warning.

Headroom and your projected crossing date

While you are below the threshold, the card states your remaining headroom in pounds, the amount of extra turnover you could take before you would need to register. Underneath, it estimates your recent monthly sales pace and, if that pace is trending upward, projects an approximate date you would cross £90,000 if it continued unchanged. If your recent turnover is not trending towards the threshold, the card says so instead of giving a date.

If you go over the threshold, or you are already registered

If your rolling 12-month turnover passes £90,000, the card switches to a warning: you must register for VAT and tell HMRC within 30 days of the end of the month you went over, with registration taking effect from the 1st of the following month. As above, confirm your exact taxable turnover with your accountant, since some sales are excluded from the VAT-taxable total.

If you are already VAT registered, the card flips to a deregistration view. You can stay registered at any turnover, and DashVue only flags that you may be able to apply to deregister if your VAT-taxable turnover falls back below a lower figure over the next 12 months. That decision, like registration itself, should be checked with an accountant.