Remove the 5% VAT on energy
- 36 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 389 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
Remove the 5% VAT currently applied to electricity and gas bills.
Found: Electricity and gas are in no way luxuries, and as such should not have VAT applied.
Only require payment of VAT on turnover above £85,000 threshold
- 16 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 33 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to only require businesses to pay VAT on any turnover that exceeds the £85,000 threshold for registering for VAT.
Found: We believe it is not right that the you do not need to pay VAT on your first £85,000 of taxable turnover
Make school uniforms VAT exempt
- 34 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 67 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the government to pass legislation to make school uniform VAT exempt.
Found: By removing VAT on school uniforms it will help to reduce the financial burden on struggling families
Reduce VAT rate for restaurants to 15%
- 34 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 68 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the government to reduce the VAT rate for restaurants to 15%.
I am a Sheffield restaurant owner and our city like many others is seeing restaurant after restaurant close down.
Found: being lost daily due to the ongoing rise in cost of food, fuel, utilities, staff wages, and the cost of VAT
Review and reform VAT for registered mental health service providers
- 26 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 158 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the UK government to:
Extend VAT exemption to all registered mental health service providers, including counsellors and psychotherapists.
Conduct a comprehensive review of the impact of VAT on access to mental health services.
Found: We call for VAT exemption for all registered mental health service providers, including all counsellors
Mentions:
1: Andrew Lewer (Con - Northampton South) Labour should exempt all pupils with special educational needs from VAT on fees. - Speech Link
2: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) , and we would not want VAT or any other tax to be charged on any of these things. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The VAT proposal is not only aimed against the ultra-wealthy. - Speech Link
4: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) VAT is an incredibly complex area. - Speech Link
Reduce the standard rate of VAT for small businesses
- 41 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 51 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
Currently the VAT charge for most goods and services stands at 20%. We would like the government to reduce this for small businesses.
Found: With gas and electricity costs so high and combining that with a 20% VAT rate for most goods and services
Increase UK VAT threshold to match inflation - it has been £85k since 2017
- 48 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 60 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
Give small businesses a chance to grow by raising the VAT threshold. Due to soaring costs, some businesses are forced to increase prices and are hitting the VAT threshold and fighting a battle to absorb yet another cost or increase prices again, lowering demand during the rising cost of living.
Found: The VAT threshold has not increased from £85,000 since 2017.
Stop charging VAT on all care services for disabled people
- 108 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 144 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
I propose that all care services should be VAT exempt for all disabled people, regardless of provider and without the need for a care plan written by a doctor or social worker. A simple declaration, as is the case for equipment, should suffice.
Found: Currently VAT exemption is only granted if part of a care plan written by a doctor or social worker.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) The Autumn Statement expanded the current zero rating of VAT on the installation of qualifying energy-saving - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) Now that the UK has left the EU, the rate of VAT on repairs is in the gift of His Majesty’s Government - Speech Link
3: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) left the EU, we have had requests for relief totalling about £50 billion across different forms of VAT - Speech Link
4: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) We are not asking for any kind of VAT reduction; we are looking for parity. - Speech Link