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Personal Care Services: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on VAT of the British Hair Consortium’s report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: The economic, fiscal & societal

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Treasury
Tabled
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
5 Mar 2025
Answer
10 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on VAT of the British Hair Consortium’s report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: The economic, fiscal & societal

  2. 5 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. VAT is also the UK’s second largest tax, forecast to raise £171 billion in 2024/25. Tax breaks reduce the revenue available for vital public ser...

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