Petition · past parliament
Reject Treasury plan to raise domestic Solar VAT from 5% to 20%
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The government backed Feed In Tariff for solar installations ended March 2019. This lost a major incentive for domestic solar panel installation.
Climate change is firmly on the agenda. The VAT increase will raise domestic Solar install costs by 15%, and is scheduled for 1st October 2019.
Climate change is firmly on the agenda. The VAT increase will raise domestic Solar install costs by 15%, and is scheduled for 1st October 2019.
This change will raise almost no money for the exchequer.
It will cause loss of jobs in the solar industry.
It will make the economics for a solar install in the home very marginal.
It will cause loss of jobs in the solar industry.
It will make the economics for a solar install in the home very marginal.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 17 May 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Jun 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
12 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.