Question follow-through · 5723
Digital Services Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of how much additional revenue would be collected from the Digital Services Tax if the rate were to be increased to (a) 3%, (b) 5% and (c) 10%.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of how much additional revenue would be collected from the Digital Services Tax if the rate were to be increased to (a) 3%, (b) 5% and (c) 10%.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Digital Services Tax (DST) is a 2 per cent tax to ensure that providers of search engines, social media platforms, and online marketplaces pay UK tax on digital services that reflects the value they derive from UK user-related activities. The DST rais...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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