United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 43991
Food: Waste Disposal
Introduced
6 May 2020
Last action
15 May 2020 · Answer
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Answered
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15 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether food and drink wholesalers are eligible to claim tax relief on food they dispose of as a result of it passing its use by or best before date as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
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6 May 2020
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether food and drink wholesalers are eligible to claim tax relief on food they dispose of as a result of it passing its use by or best before date as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
Source: Commons
15 May 2020
Answer
Businesses include the costs of purchases, which depending on the trade may include perishable goods, in their calculation of trading profits and achieve tax relief in this way. This is regardless of whether the goods are sold or disposed of as a result o...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-06/43991
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1193607
- uk · wq-1193607 · source updated 15 May 2020