VAT (Hansard, 15 January 2002)

HC Deb 15 January 2002 vol 378 c234W 234W

§ Mr. Lidington
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he plans to extend to(a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations, the provisions of section 33 of the VAT Act 1994 on the recovery of import tax. [26537]

§ Mr. Boateng
The Government have no plans to extend the section 33 refund scheme in this way.

§ Mr. Lidington
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the total annual amount of irrecoverable VAT paid by charities. [26538]

§ Mr. Boateng
No estimate has been made.