Source · Select Committees · Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Recommendation 8

8 Paragraph: 59

Introduce a temporary, capacity-based VAT cut for grassroots music venues to stimulate activity.

Recommendation
A targeted and temporary cut to VAT for grassroots music venues on tickets would help to improve the immediate risk-profile of live music for promoters and in-house programmers, who take on the financial risk, and help get more shows into venues. The Government should introduce a temporary cut to VAT, based on venue capacity, to stimulate grassroots music activity and the wider economic benefits to local areas that grassroots music shows provide.
Paragraph Reference: 59
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 14 November 2024. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗