| Heading: |
Deposit Return Schemes: VAT |
| Question ID: |
1791291 |
| UIN: |
43325 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5110 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Euan Stainbank
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Euan Stainbank
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of applying VAT to unredeemed deposits in the deposit return scheme on revenues to the Exchequer. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
The Government is currently considering the VAT treatment of deposits charged under deposit return schemes. Should VAT be applied to unreturned deposits HMRC expect the impact on exchequer receipts to be negligible. |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |