UK: Action for ME: Sign our letter calling to halt the disability tax

Andy · Aug 13, 2020

Posting this as I'd imagine a huge number of us would be negatively affected by this tax if it comes in.

Action for M.E. Chief Executive Sonya Chowdhury has written an open letter to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, opposing plans for a new tax for online shopping.

A new tax like this will disproportionately affect those with a disability, including people with M.E. We believe that this amounts to a tax on disability. We are calling on the Government to abandon plans for a blanket tax and meet with us to discuss who they can ensure disabled people are treated equally.
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https://www.actionforme.org.uk/news/sign-our-letter-calling-to-halt-the-disability-tax/

Trish · Aug 13, 2020

This suggestion of an online sales tax had passed me by so I did a search. Apparently it's suggested 2% tax on all online sales in the UK.
Financial Time article:
https://www.ft.com/content/ec4194a2-5338-418f-ae26-2a9602463b36

Sly Saint · Aug 13, 2020

Trish said: ↑

This suggestion of an online sales tax had passed me by so I did a search. Apparently it's suggested 2% tax on all online sales in the UK.
Financial Time article:
https://www.ft.com/content/ec4194a2-5338-418f-ae26-2a9602463b36
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I don't think it will happen

In April the British government introduced a new “digital services tax” to raise money from some of the internet giants, such as social media companies and online platforms. That policy has antagonised the US because it lands heavily on American companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.

But an online sales tax would be more controversial because it would impose a tax on a potentially more efficient form of retailing, hitting not only tech giants.
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https://www.businesstelegraph.co.uk/uk-weighs-online-sales-tax-to-prop-up-high-street/

Tia · Aug 13, 2020

Signed. I couldn't get to the FT article, but read this one in the guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/busines...ne-sales-tax-protect-high-streets-coronavirus.

alktipping · Aug 13, 2020

i read this as we have failed to collect the taxes from these multinational online companies so to make up for that we we add another tax on consumers . vat is already exorbitant in the u k

Sarah94 · Aug 14, 2020

Why can only PWME and organisations sign this? Why not people with other disabilities who'd be affected by this?

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