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Review the VAT tax rate to ease the burden on the British Citizens

Submitted on Monday 24th February 2025

Rejected on Thursday 3rd April 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Review the VAT tax rate to ease the burden on the British Citizens

Petition Details

We humbly request the goverment to review the taxes we pay, specifically the VAT on food and regular shopping, reduce this to 15% until the economy recovers and inflation comes back under control

Additional Information

By reducing or scrapping VAT on weekly shopping, people will spend more on other things and it will help the economic to grow and prosper. More money to go round and creates more jobs


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Many food products are zero rated for VAT. Find out more: www.gov.uk/guidance/food-products-and-vat-notice-70114

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls to review the tax system:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/711458

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