diff --git a/db/migrate/20180228074442_remove_registrars_vat.rb b/db/migrate/20180228074442_remove_registrars_vat.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb2bd44f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180228074442_remove_registrars_vat.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemoveRegistrarsVat < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    remove_column :registrars, :vat, :boolean
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index ba040e7cd..46b433aa7 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -2432,7 +2432,6 @@ CREATE TABLE registrars (
     code character varying,
     website character varying,
     accounting_customer_code character varying NOT NULL,
-    vat boolean,
     legacy_id integer,
     reference_no character varying,
     test_registrar boolean DEFAULT false,
@@ -5121,3 +5120,5 @@ INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20180228070102');
 
 INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20180228070431');
 
+INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20180228074442');
+
diff --git a/doc/models_complete.svg b/doc/models_complete.svg
index 12fb078a4..3985846b3 100644
--- a/doc/models_complete.svg
+++ b/doc/models_complete.svg
@@ -1556,7 +1556,6 @@
 <text text-anchor="start" x="1600.5" y="-2399.3" font-family="Times,serif" font-size="14.00">zip :string</text>
 <text text-anchor="start" x="1600.5" y="-2384.3" font-family="Times,serif" font-size="14.00">code :string</text>
 <text text-anchor="start" x="1600.5" y="-2369.3" font-family="Times,serif" font-size="14.00">url :string</text>
-<text text-anchor="start" x="1600.5" y="-2339.3" font-family="Times,serif" font-size="14.00">vat :boolean</text>
 <text text-anchor="start" x="1600.5" y="-2324.3" font-family="Times,serif" font-size="14.00">legacy_id :integer</text>
 <text text-anchor="start" x="1600.5" y="-2309.3" font-family="Times,serif" font-size="14.00">reference_no :string</text>
 </g>
diff --git a/lib/tasks/import.rake b/lib/tasks/import.rake
index c3b67ba88..6c4be1e53 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/import.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/import.rake
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ namespace :import do
         zip: x.postalcode.try(:strip),
         url: x.url.try(:strip),
         accounting_customer_code: x.directo_handle.try(:strip),
-        vat: x.vat,
         legacy_id: x.id,
         creator_str: user,
         updator_str: user,