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Charitable Donations: VAT Exemptions

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Question for HM Treasury

UIN 127896, tabled on 19 February 2018

Question

Peter Dowd
Labour
Bootle
Commons

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received relief from VAT on supplies to charities in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.

Answer

Mel Stride
Conservative
Central Devon
Commons

Answered on

22 February 2018

The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide the number of people benefiting from this relief. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.

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