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Chancellor Warned Scrapping Tax-Free Shopping Risks 70,000 Jobs

UK retailers, hoteliers and airport chiefs have warned the chancellor that scrapping tax-free shopping for international tourists has put 70,000 jobs in jeopardy.

Read the full article on The Guardian website

NAM Implications:
  • We (taxpayers) are headed into the deepest recession ever…
  • Having supported an unprecedented lockdown of industry.
  • This will inevitably cause an unprecedented tax grab.
  • So the VAT reclaim on tourists’ £2.3bn purchases will hardly count…
  • …in political terms.