Question follow-through · 40822

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Digital Services Tax.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
26 Mar 2025
Answer
1 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Digital Services Tax.

  2. 26 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The UK remains committed to reaching a global solution on the taxation of the digital economy through Pillar 1 of the G20-OECD Inclusive Framework project. It is the UK’s intention to repeal our Digital Services Tax (DST) when this international solution ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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