VAT payments last year can now join the new online HMRC announced today (23 February 2021). In order to take advantage of the new payment scheme businesses will need to have deferred VAT payments between March and June 2020 under the VAT Payment Deferral Scheme. They will now be given the option to pay their deferred VAT in equal consecutive monthly instalments from March 2021. Businesses will need to opt-in to the VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme. They can do this via the online service that opens on 23 February 2021 and closes on 21 June 2021. Jesse Norman, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said: The government has provided a package of support worth over £280 billion during the pandemic to help protect millions of jobs and businesses.