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Purchase Tax (Wedding Rings)

Volume 390: debated on Tuesday 1 June 1943

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is prepared to remit the Purchase Tax in respect of wedding rings of the type prescribed in the Wedding Rings Order (S.R. and O., No. 654, of 1943), when the wedding ring is purchased by a member of His Majesty's Forces?

No, Sir. It is an essential principle of the Purchase Tax that there should be no classes of consumers privileged to buy chargeable goods free of tax.