| Heading: |
Removal Services: VAT |
| Question ID: |
1810482 |
| UIN: |
HL8260 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4337 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Janke
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Baroness Janke
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of value added tax (VAT) thresholds on competition in the removals and storage industry; and whether they plan to lower the threshold to align with European economies and tackle |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4559 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Livermore
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Livermore
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| Answer text: |
Consideration of changes to the VAT threshold would have to carefully balance the potential benefits to businesses, the economy as a whole, and tax revenues. The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events in the context of the overall publi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |