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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential losses to the exchequer as a result of sales made on online market places by companies which trade only for a short period then are closed before VAT arrears can be recove
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential losses to the exchequer as a result of sales made on online market places by companies which trade only for a short period then are closed before VAT arrears can be recove
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2025
Answer published
HMRC do not have an estimate of the losses arising as a result of sales made on online marketplaces by companies which trade only for a short period then are closed before VAT arrears can be recovered.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Enterprise Investment Scheme
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