Hygiene: Products

(asked on 28th August 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT applied to soap and sanitising gel.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 8th September 2020

Under the current VAT rules, soap and sanitising gel are subject to the standard rate of VAT.

Although the Government keeps all taxes under review, there are no plans to change the VAT treatment of these at present.

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