Question follow-through · 109301
Electronic Commerce: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending online marketplace VAT liability rules to domestic sellers as a way to reduce fraud and close the tax gap.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending online marketplace VAT liability rules to domestic sellers as a way to reduce fraud and close the tax gap.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government has and will continue to engage with stakeholders to understand the impact of any changes to online marketplace liability rules on both platforms and sellers. Certified analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates the cu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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