Question follow-through · 62891

Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the VAT threshold for (a) wine merchants and (b) other small businesses; and what steps she is taking to (a) support those businesses and (b) promote e

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
4 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 25 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the VAT threshold for (a) wine merchants and (b) other small businesses; and what steps she is taking to (a) support those businesses and (b) promote e

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    At £90,000, the UK has a higher VAT registration threshold than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. This means the majority of UK businesses are kept out of the VAT system. As set out in the Plan for Change, the Government’s priority mission...

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