Question follow-through · 23417
VAT: Tax Evasion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the extent of VAT non-compliance by overseas retailers selling (a) goods and (b) services in the UK through online marketplaces.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the extent of VAT non-compliance by overseas retailers selling (a) goods and (b) services in the UK through online marketplaces.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2025
Answer published
Since 1 January 2021 overseas sellers, or online marketplaces where they facilitate the sale, are required to be registered and account for VAT for supplies of low value imports of £135 or less. Where an overseas seller sells goods located in the UK at th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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