Enforce online shopping tax to support UK high streets, Healey told

Enforce online shopping tax to support UK high streets, Healey told

An estimated £1.5 billion could be raised as a result of the changes, a think tank has said, with the government urged to ‘shift some of the tax burden from bricks to clicks’

Call for £1.5bn online sales tax to cut high street rates

A think tank has proposed a online sales tax to fund business rates cuts aimed at supporting high street retailers, which could raise an estimated £1.5bn.

Healey urged to tax online sales to reduce high street costs ahead of Budget

Chancellor John Healey should impose a 2% tax on online sales to support bricks and mortar businesses on the UK’s high streets, an influential think tank has said. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) also pressed for a 1% tax on click and collect services, in its latest report [...] The post Healey urged to tax online sales to reduce high street costs ahead of Budget first appeared on Rother Radio.