Food: Waste Disposal

(asked on 6th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether food and drink wholesalers are eligible to claim tax relief on food they dispose of as a result of it passing its use by or best before date as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 15th May 2020

Businesses include the costs of purchases, which depending on the trade may include perishable goods, in their calculation of trading profits and achieve tax relief in this way. This is regardless of whether the goods are sold or disposed of as a result of the trading conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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