Question follow-through · 73695

VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of lowering the VAT threshold on the economy.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
3 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of lowering the VAT threshold on the economy.

  2. 3 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Any change to the VAT threshold would have potential impacts on small businesses, the economy as a whole, and tax revenues, which the Government would need to consider carefully. The Government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are announced at...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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