PQ on Charity Texts

3rd Mar 08

Mark Oaten: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to make charity text donations VAT free.

Jane Kennedy: Donations to charity, including those made by text message, are outside the scope of VAT - which means that no VAT is payable on them.

However, VAT is chargeable in the normal way on charges made by telecoms providers for text services. This reflects the requirements of the European VAT agreements signed by successive Governments.

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