Question follow-through · 29164
Orchestras: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to orchestral tax relief for International work on the orchestral sector's ability to deliver loss-making activities in the UK.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to orchestral tax relief for International work on the orchestral sector's ability to deliver loss-making activities in the UK.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
The UK provides world-leading support for orchestras: at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government confirmed that from 1 April 2025, the rate of Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) will be set at the generous rate of 45%. From April 2024, qualifying expenditure is expend...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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