Tax changes that can be made by Order

Dear Sir or Madam,

On 24 November, the Treasury made an Order exercising the powers
conferred by sections 2(2) and 21(7) of the Value Added Tax Act
1994 to lower the VAT rate from 17.5% to 15% for one year.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, may I have a copy of any
documents or databases held by the Treasury that summaries or lists
all available powers conferred to the Treasury by the Statute Law
(including the powers I mentioned above) to make orders varying the
rates of tax, duty, spending, and anything else within the
jurisdiction and business of the Treasury.

Included with these documents, I would like to see the speculative
range of predictions on record of the implications of each of these
orders that are available to be made by the Treasury at any time it
pleases.

I look forward to an early confirmation that such a complete
summary of the Treasury's statutory powers exists in a form that
ready to advise the Chancellor of the wide array of options
available, and its eventual disclosure.

Yours faithfully,

Julian Todd