We'd like you to remove VAT from counselling

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

If counselling is provided by the NHS or individual private counsellors the payments are not subject to VAT. Organisations who employ a number of counsellors who provide the service in this way is required to charge VAT making the pricing structure different.

I work for North East Counselling Services. We provide employment for around 50 counsellors. We ensure the safety of our clients by vetting the counsellors and providing counselling to commissioners, private clients and companies. Because we have to charge VAT it makes us more expensive to companies and commissioners and because we are competing with counsellors who do not charge VAT it makes us uncompetitive against individual counsellors. This is a service which is not a luxury.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

8 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
15 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Mar 2021

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