VAT Rate
There have been votes in Parliament on the rate at which Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged.
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Ian Murray almost always voted against increasing the rate of VAT
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On 18 Ebr 2013:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to reduce VAT from 20% to 17.5%
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On 3 Gor 2012:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to cut VAT from 20% to 17.5%
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On 28 Meh 2011:
Ian Murray was absent for a vote on Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2011
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On 20 Gor 2010:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to oppose the 2010 Finance Bill which included an increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% among other measures.
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On 13 Gor 2010:
Ian Murray was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — Rate of Value Added Tax
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On 13 Gor 2010:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio against increasing Value Added Tax from 17.5% to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 6 Gor 2010:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to oppose the 2010 Finance Bill which included an increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% among other measures.
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On 28 Meh 2010:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio not to raise VAT to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 18 Mai 2022:
Ian Murray was absent for a vote on Programme for Government — Amendment from the Leader of the Liberal Democrats
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On 11 Ion 2022:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio in favour of cutting VAT on household energy bills.
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On 25 Meh 2019:
Ian Murray was absent for a vote on The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019
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On 26 Hyd 2015:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio against the measures in the Finance Bill including against an increase in the income tax personal allowance, and against capping the rates of VAT and income tax at their existing rates until the next general election.
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On 21 Gor 2015:
Ian Murray was absent for a vote on Finance Bill 2015-16 — Decline Second Reading
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On 21 Gor 2015:
Ian Murray was absent for a vote on Finance Bill 2015-16 — Second Reading
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On 14 Gor 2015:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio against the Summer 2015 budget which, among other measures, increased the minimum wage, replaced student maintenance grants with loans and cut tax credits.
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On 5 Med 2012:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to introduce a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 additional affordable homes, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT on home improvements and to call on the Government to create jobs.
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On 5 Med 2012:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio against levying a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 affordable homes, against investing in infrastructure, and against cutting VAT on works on homes.
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On 17 Mai 2012:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio for measures to stimulate economic growth and job creation; for a tax on bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for over a year; to reduce VAT; for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers and to make infrastructure investment sooner.
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On 17 Mai 2012:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to create jobs; to tax bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for a year; to cut VAT; to give a tax break to small firms taking on more workers and to make infrastructure investment sooner.
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On 16 Mai 2012:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio in favour of reducing public transport fares, and reducing VAT on fuel to help motorists and boost the economy.
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On 11 Ion 2012:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio in favour of a series of measures aimed at making energy bills more affordable, including extending benefits, reforming the energy market, reducing VAT on home improvements and reforming the Green Deal scheme.
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On 14 Rha 2011:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to create 100,000 jobs and build 25,000 homes using funds raised via a bank bonus tax, to reduce VAT on home improvements and for tax breaks for small firms taking on new workers.
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On 23 Tach 2011:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to start long-term investment projects sooner, to reduce VAT on home improvements and repairs, and to give a tax break to small companies employing new workers.
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On 9 Tach 2011:
Ian Murray was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Bankers Bonuses — Jobs Guarantee — Reducing VAT — Tax Incentive for Small Firms to Take on Extra Workers
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On 12 Hyd 2011:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to create more jobs for young people, funded by bank bonuses, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT and for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
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On 22 Meh 2011:
Ian Murray was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — The Economy
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On 13 Gor 2010:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to exempt charities' charitable activities from the January 2011 increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20%.
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On 13 Gor 2010:
Ian Murray wedi pleidleisio to delay the increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% by a year from 4 January 2011 to the 4 January 2012 if a report on the effects of the VAT rise had not been completed.
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