“ Rishi Sunak is considering a new tax on goods sold online amid mounting concern about the collapse of the high street as Britain emerges from the coronavirus crisis.
The chancellor is examining proposals for an online sales tax to provide a “sustainable and meaningful revenue source for the government” and help bricks-and-mortar retailers to compete.
In a call for evidence published last week, the Treasury highlighted concerns that business rates were effectively penalising the high street because online rivals did not need to rent “high-value” properties.”
Rishi Sunak considers online sales tax in bid to save high street | News | The Times
Slightly higher VAT on online sales would have been easy and sensible but they promised no VAT increases but not taut they don’t creat new taxes that look very much like VAT or NICs
Counting for malvolio to say that Labour would have done it too: 1, 2, 3...
The chancellor is examining proposals for an online sales tax to provide a “sustainable and meaningful revenue source for the government” and help bricks-and-mortar retailers to compete.
In a call for evidence published last week, the Treasury highlighted concerns that business rates were effectively penalising the high street because online rivals did not need to rent “high-value” properties.”
Rishi Sunak considers online sales tax in bid to save high street | News | The Times
Slightly higher VAT on online sales would have been easy and sensible but they promised no VAT increases but not taut they don’t creat new taxes that look very much like VAT or NICs
Counting for malvolio to say that Labour would have done it too: 1, 2, 3...
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