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01 November 2010
HMRC aim for faster times by end of 2010
HMRC have published revised turnaround times for paper form requests for agent authorisation, self assessment registration and self-employment registration handled by the central agent authorisation team (CAAT).
The table below shows the Revenue's estimated turnaround times with effect from today, as well as an indication of the times the department hopes to achieve by 31 December.
The department warns that the times are not estimates of how long applications take to process. Rather, they are an estimate of the end-to-end turnaround time – how long the adviser should allow after posting the form to HMRC – for the authorisation/application to become effective.
| Form | Current | By 31 December 2010 |
| 64-8 for self assessment | 2 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Other 64-8 | 6 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Self assessment registration | 6 weeks | 6 weeks |
| Self-employment registration | 8 weeks | 6 weeks |
This is quite frankly shocking. How can we set up new clients when they have this sort of turnaround? Our new government should be looking at this instead of insane ideas such as centralised deductions.