{"value":{"id":1518924,"askingMemberId":4410,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-10-10T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-10-12T00:00:00","uin":"59055","questionText":"To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact that a new VAT charge on taxis and PHVs would have on consumers during the cost of living crisis.","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3912,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-10-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government currently has no plans to introduce a new VAT charge on taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs).</p><p>However, the Government is closely monitoring ongoing deliberations by UK courts that may inform the VAT treatment of taxis and PHVs.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Taxis: VAT","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1518924","method":"GET"}]}