Petition Remove VAT from BS EN compliant safety clothing for motorcyclists

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Despite having BS EN compliance safety clothing for motorcyclists attracts full rate VAT.
This tax deters motorcyclists from investing in products that may save their life or reduce the severity of an accident.
Each motoring fatality is calculated as costing £1.78M.
Motorcycle helmets that meet 25 year old standards are VAT free but the latest inflatable safety over jackets that meet standards established in 2013 are not.
HMRC simply state that their formal instruction in Public Notice 701/23 does not to allow a dispensation.
Our petition is for this notice to be quickly amended to reflect product developments and to seek to reduce the physical and public cost of motorcycling accidents and fatalities.

This petition closed early because of a General Election

569 signatures

10,000

Date closed 30 March 2015
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