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A Guardian investigation found a wide variety of popular goods being illegally sold without VAT on Britain's leading shopping sites.
She says there doesn't seem to be any uniformity on whether they quote with or without VAT.
Some of the MPs on the committee said they had completed mystery shopping exercises and found firms without VAT numbers.
In recent years, overseas sellers, particularly from China, have come to dominate many popular goods categories on eBay and Amazon, illegally selling goods without VAT.
The vast majority of these purchases are believed to have been made without VAT and the goods shipped from the Channel Islands.
£2.25 for hot porridge, with either honey or five berry compote; £1.99 for a latte or a flat white; £1.50 for a small orange juice and 95p for a still water (all takeaway prices without VAT).
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Guardian investigations found many tax-evading sellers were trading without displaying VAT numbers on Amazon or eBay.
Its passage without the VAT changes would not be enough, say officials, but their approval looks doubtful.
In December, a Guardian investigation revealed how overseas traders on Amazon's UK website were selling goods without charging VAT.
Amazon has shut down the accounts of thousands of Chinese companies that use the website to sell cheap products in Britain without paying VAT.
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