Written Question·Treasury·UIN 36130
VAT
Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025
Question
Neil O'Brien
Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of changes to VAT legislation with the principal of fiscal neutrality.
Answer
James MurrayFiscal neutrality is a key feature of the VAT system, and helps to ensure market distortions are minimised by equalising the tax treatment of supplies which are identical or sufficiently similar from the point of view of the consumer. When changing VAT le...
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