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Saying "20%+" makes it sound higher than it is. In Germany, it's 19% (7% for food), UK 20% (5%), France 20% (5.5% / 10%). Of course that's a lot higher than the
by lorenzhs 10y ago
Saying "20%+" makes it sound higher than it is. In Germany, it's 19% (7% for food), UK 20% (5%), France 20% (5.5% / 10%). Of course that's a lot higher than the usual US sales taxes (I remember 8.875% in NYC and 10.25% in Chicago, both of which are on the high end of the spectrum - DC was 5.75%)
- rbjorklin 10y agoIn Sweden it's 25% but some goods have a special VAT of 12.5% instead.
- the_mitsuhiko 10y agoThe minimum non reduced rate is 15% and the average is above 20%. It goes all the way to 27% in Hungary for instance. VAT on food in restaurants is non reduced rate on mostbof Europe.
- BrandoElFollito 10y agoExcept that it is 7% on restaurant food in France. Getting back to the previous 17% (IIRC) is under discussion because the prices did not go down as promised by the restaurant owners.
- lorenzhs 10y agoAnd I just listed the rates of the three largest countries in Europe, covering ~42% of the EU population. In Germany, VAT on restaurants is 19% for sit-down places, and 7% on food to go. US national average sales tax was 8.454% in Q2/2015: http://www.accountingweb.com/tax/sales-tax/us-average-combined-sales-tax-rate-down-slightly-in-q2 http://www.accountingweb.com/tax/sales-tax/us-average-combin... - I'm assuming normal sales tax applies to restaurant food? In that case it's something like 40% of EU average. Just like gas prices ;)