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Different VAT rates for different types of products are not a problem in EU, in fact almost all European countries also have a reduced VAT rate: https://en.wiki
by skrause 10y ago
Different VAT rates for different types of products are not a problem in EU, in fact almost all European countries also have a reduced VAT rate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_value_added_tax#VAT_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_value_added_tax...
Quite often the reduced rate applies e.g. to food, but it really can be any product category.
- blibble 10y agothis is an anachronism, the commission regards reduced rates as "an obstacle to the proper functioning of the internal market"[1] for quite a while the commission has attempted to reform VAT, ostensibly for a "simpler, more efficient and robust VAT system" with the intent of "broadening the tax base and limiting the use of reduced rates" to "generate new revenue streams", which is reported in the media as "EU wants to add VAT to food, childrens clothes and books". [1]: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52011DC0851&from=EN http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX...