| Heading: |
Social Media: Taxation |
| Question ID: |
1810656 |
| UIN: |
58152 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
350 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir John Hayes
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir John Hayes
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has she made of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation on social media firms. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
The UK is already levying the Digital Services Tax (DST), a 2 per cent tax to ensure that providers of search engines, social media platforms, and online marketplaces pay UK tax on digital services that reflects the value they derive from UK users. The DS... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |