Rejected petition Suspend VAT for all businesses - No VAT during COVID-19

The idea is relatively simple:

• Suspend all VAT for small businesses
• Businesses still submit VAT returns as normal
• Businesses owing VAT will not pay (zero on account)
• Business owed VAT rebates will still claim them

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This money is desperately needed to help companies stay afloat over the spring and summer months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will not be a loan, grant or bailout so will be exempt from interest and repayments. This money is currently INSIDE all VAT registered businesses and Q1 is due to be paid to HMRC at the end of the next quarter.

This could be the difference between staying afloat or closing for 100,000s of businesses across the UK by utilising money already INSIDE the economy.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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 this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304245

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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Date submitted 18 March 2020
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