United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 131375
Hospitality Industry and Tourism: VAT
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17 December 2020
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11 January 2021 · Answer
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11 January 2021
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the 5 per cent VAT rate for tourism and hospitality until at least the end of 2021.
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17 December 2020
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the 5 per cent VAT rate for tourism and hospitality until at least the end of 2021.
Source: Commons
11 January 2021
Answer
The temporary VAT reduced rate came into effect on 15 July 2020 and was initially scheduled to end on 12 January 2021. In order to continue to support the cash flow and viability of over 150,000 businesses and to protect 2.4 million jobs, the Government e...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-17/131375
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1272199
- uk · wq-1272199 · source updated 11 January 2021