Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Make private hire taxis and hackney cabs zero-rated for VAT

Closed 61 signatures

What the petition asks

Make private hire taxis and hackney cabs zero-rated for VAT, like public transport.
Some of the most vulnerable people use taxis across the country: elderly, disabled, young children going to school etc. Charging VAT could jeopardise everything for them, especially when we are in a cost of living crisis, to charge VAT on every journey increases the cost of their journey, whether to school or hospital, which could create a bigger and darker hole of debt for them. If fewer people use taxis, it could create further unemployment across the country and further poverty.

Timeline

4 Aug 2023 Petition opened for signatures
4 Feb 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 61
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 4 Aug 2023
Closed 4 Feb 2024

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.