Question follow-through · 10394
Choirs: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will extend Orchestra Tax Relief to choirs.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will extend Orchestra Tax Relief to choirs.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The creative industries play a key role in driving economic growth. The Government is committed to supporting them as part of its plan to fix the foundations of the economy. Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) provides tax relief at a rate of 50% on production cos...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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