Question follow-through · 105910
Small Businesses: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department has used to estimate the potential behavioural impacts of changes to the VAT registration threshold on small businesses.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department has used to estimate the potential behavioural impacts of changes to the VAT registration threshold on small businesses.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the significant contribution made by small businesses to economic growth and life in the UK. Tax rates and thresholds are one of a range of factors that affect small businesses’ decisions on growth and recruitment, alongside wide...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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