Raising awareness and inspiring our politician to take massive action is no longer urgent in the EU VAT legislation campaign. It’s now an emergency.

So here is your challenge today: write ONE letter that hits lots of inboxes and creates a massive impact.

Here’s the deal:

Write to the member of your government’s Parliament who is responsible for implementing this legislation, copy it to your MP (or equivalent) and to all of your MEPs (however many you have).

***** [Note: in the UK, this email needs to go to David Gauke, the Minister responsible for the Treasury. A very senior insider-source tells us (strictly off-the-record) that he is about the only person who can enforce a suspension of this legislation in the UK now. Email: gauked@parliament.uk ] *****

If you know who people should contact in your own country, please put it in the comments.

Even if you don’t know who to contact, please still DO write to your MP & MEPs. And share this challenge with your friends and business forums.

Just imagine if David Gauke and his peers were to wake up to an inbox with 1000+ messages tomorrow?!

Suggested content (in case you need inspiration):

• What, specifically, will the negative impact of the EU VAT rules be on your business from January 1st?
• What action are you having to take, to be able to keep trading (or let them know, if you can’t)?
• Talk about the ‘untended consequences’ of the legislation – and the fact that the impact on the hundreds of thousands of smallest businesses wasn’t even considered (that’s official) because it was assumed that they all either sold through 3rd party platforms or only in their home country.
• WHAT WE NEED: An immediate suspension of the legislation for micro businesses and sole traders.

This is no longer urgent. It’s now an emergency. So please write today.

Only 4% of the smallest businesses believe they can comply in time and 10% say they will have to stop trading completely, according to the initial results of our EU VAT impact research survey.

It doesn’t matter if you have already written to your MP and been fobbed off. They ARE now listening and we need MASSIVE action – each and every letter will help.

The ten minutes you spend doing this could create the letter that makes THE difference. If you don’t, it won’t.

Together, we scan do this.
Post below to let everyone know when you have done it!
Thank you so much.
Clare & the EU VAT Action Team