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UK Temporarily Reduces VAT on Summer Family Activities

|Approved Changes|United Kingdom
United Kingdom

UK HM Treasury has published a fact sheet on a temporary reduction in the VAT rate from 20% to 5% on summer family activities that applies from 25 June to 1 September 2026. For more information, click the following links for a government release and policy paper on the reduction.

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