Effect of VAT on UK Household Disposable Income by Income Group

Office for National Statistics data examines the effect of Value Added Tax on average disposable income for low-income and high-income households. The dataset is designated as National Statistics and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Modeling the regressive or progressive nature of VAT based on household income groups mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the impact of tax policy changes on disposable income for different economic segments
• Comparing tax burden between low-income and high-income households as described

Strengths

• Produced by the Office for National Statistics, a key official statistical body
• Designated as National Statistics, indicating adherence to a code of practice
• Has a clear open government license (OGL-UK-3.0) for reuse

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-07-08)

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:49.512484

Geography

United Kingdom