United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 100735
Home Shopping: VAT
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16 December 2025
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18 December 2025 · Answer
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18 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact for the Exchequer of VAT non-compliance by overseas sellers posing as UK businesses on online marketplaces.
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16 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact for the Exchequer of VAT non-compliance by overseas sellers posing as UK businesses on online marketplaces.
Source: Commons
18 December 2025
Answer
HMRC’s best estimate is that in 2021/22 there was £150 million of overseas seller non-compliance occurring through online marketplaces as referenced by the National Audit Office report entitled ‘Tackling tax evasion in high street and online retail’ publi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-16/100735
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1864983
- uk · wq-1864983 · source updated 18 December 2025