This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Raise VAT to 30% for anything sold by tax avoiding companies registered abroad.
Clearly the big players will always avoid the tax that the UK registered companies have to pay, this costs UK jobs and kills the high street. All that spending just goes overseas and is then forever lost to the UK. Online gambling removes billions from the UK, pays neglible tax and destroys lives.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We're not sure what you want to include as "tax avoiding companies" and whether this would apply to all online gambling companies.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do, for example by requiring a VAT rate of 30% for products sold by any company registered abroad, if that is what you would like to do.
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