HC Deb 24 June 1991 vol 193 c385W
Sir Dudley Smith

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what considerations underlay his decision to continue to operate the tour operators' margin scheme.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The United Kingdom is obliged, under article 26 of the EC sixth VAT directive, to have a special scheme for taxing tour operators' margins.

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