Submitted on Friday 24th April 2020
Rejected on Monday 1st June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reduce VAT Payments for businesses within Hospitality Sector due to Coronavirus
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak the hospitality sector has been hugely impacted, reduce VAT to 10% for 12 months to help kick start the economy and support businesses who have large debt through no fault of their own.
Germany and Italy have already taken the decision to help their hospitality sectors, This sector was the first to close and will be the last to open, they will loose their main summer season which supports them through the winter months and likely to loose between 50-75% of their annual turnover through no fault of their own. A number were not eligible for a grant due to the business rate cap £51,000 and are facing large debts even before being able to reopen. Trade will be slow to return
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Economic assistance for the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 pandemic: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302162
Reduce VAT for small businesses in the hospitality sector to 5%: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303688
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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