Question follow-through · 47854
Taxis: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase VAT to 20% for private hire passenger fares outside of London.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase VAT to 20% for private hire passenger fares outside of London.
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
Private hire vehicle services provided by VAT-registered businesses are, and always have been, subject to the standard rate of VAT (20%). The Government is carefully considering the wide range of views shared through last year's consultation on the VAT Tr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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