Submitted on Friday 8th July 2016
Rejected on Thursday 21st July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
We would like to abolish VAT from all fruit, vegetables and health related foods
We strongly believe that healthy foods are being wrongfully taxed. By abolishing these taxes, we hope to achieve a healthier, more active society. With healthy foods becoming more accessible, our aim is to reduce the rising obesity rates affecting teenagers across the UK.
As a teenager in the UK, i feel buying healthier options is less appealing as they cost substantially more than sugary goods E.G a chocolate bar. By removing VAT on healthy products i would be more inclined to buy more nutritious food choices. We have seen that over 13,000,000 people in the UK in 2016 are now obese as published by the university of Birmingham. We feel that this can be dropped by removing VAT on healthy products.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Fruit and vegetables are zero-rated for VAT:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-notice-70114-food/vat-notice-70114-food#general-food-products
18.188.205.95 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:07:01 +0000