Value Added Tax On Memorials

EDM number 745 in 2009-10, proposed by John Leech on 28/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Burial and cremation and Taxation.

That this House notes with concern that value added tax is applicable to the erection and maintenance of memorials to the deceased; considers this to be an unnecessary and insensitive tax on the bereaved and those who wish to honour the memory of loved ones; observes that a tax refund for charities and faith groups for the erection of memorials has been in place for some years now in the form of the Memorial Grant Scheme; calls on the Government to extend the scheme to all memorials; and urges the Government to raise at European level the possibility of abolishing such taxes altogether.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.