Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 16
15th Report – Small business strategy
Published 11 Feb 2026
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
As part of its call for evidence on Tax Support for Entrepreneurs, the Government should set out to Parliament the impact on small business growth of the current VAT system, and present options for restructuring VAT in a way that optimises small business and employment growth. (Recommendation, Paragraph 72)
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 15th Report – Small business strategy (HC 1057), 11 February 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 11 April 2026, 204 days ago.