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’

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.