questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing the VAT Retail Export Scheme for international visitors to the UK.
answerText: Reintroducing the VAT Retail Export Scheme (or VAT RES) would not directly benefit the British public but would allow tourists who buy items in the UK to claim back VAT as they return home. The independent OBR published its assessment of the withdrawal of...
heading: Exports: VAT