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Import Duties: Tax Allowances

2026-07-06 · Treasury · 16819 · Official question

James McMurdock

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate

Answer

HMRC does not hold estimates for the number of overseas businesses that currently fail to comply with UK VAT obligations when selling through online marketplaces. Following reforms in 2021, for most supplies of goods by overseas sellers through online mar...