Remove the 5% VAT on energy
- 53 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 96 - 1 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
- 18 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 34 - 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
Reduce VAT rate for restaurants to 15%
- 36 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 63 - 2 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
Make school uniforms VAT exempt
- 42 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 55 - 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
Review and reform VAT for registered mental health service providers
- 29 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 90 - 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
Remove 5% VAT on standing charges for household energy bills
- 19 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 199 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
Zero VAT on standing charges for household energy bills. Household energy is an essential, NOT a luxury. Standing charges imposed on household energy bills are NOT a luxury. Therefore, there should be NO 5% VAT on standing charges for household energy.
Found: people who cannot meet the ever increasing costs, we want the Government to abolish the 5% rate of VAT
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
- 43 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 49 - 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
Stop charging VAT on all care services for disabled people
- 115 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 158 - 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.
Increase UK VAT threshold to match inflation - it has been £85k since 2017
- 48 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 57 - 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.