Change the process for the movement of margin good from EU to UK and vice versa. · petition

What the petition asks

Review the current process, rates and vat treatment between the UK and EU and vice versa, for goods that are/were non vatable due to the secondhand nature, and where applicable the previous use of the vat margin scheme (article 701).

This is required and needed as this has left huge numbers of business now unable to trade, transact and make enough profit if any due to the change. The vat element now has left many business unable to trade and the margin for profit is not enough to add the vat on, and the sales price of the items do not carry enough margin to increase the price to compensate for this. The value of goods does not increase by 20% over night. The used car market is one major industry alone along with many others.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about new arrangements for the movement of goods between the UK and EU, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Reinstate the Low Value Consignment Relief for imports valued under £15: Reinstate the Low Value Consignment Relief for imports valued under £15

You could start a new petition explaining more clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. We can only accept petitions about things the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for, so we can accept petitions about UK policies, or requests for the UK Government to seek to negotiate new arrangements with the EU, if they are about EU policies.

Timeline

13 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
20 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee