Electric Vehicles: VAT
2026-05-19 · Treasury · 3620 · Official question
Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the total revenue raised through VAT on electricity used to charge electric vehicles, including (a) domestic charging at the reduced 5% VAT rate and (b) public charging at th
Answer
HM Revenue and Customs does not hold information on VAT revenue on electricity used to charge electric vehicles. This is because businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level within their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive ...