> My own government reports both numbers (with and without VAT) ah, interesting. no VAT in the UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-public-spendi

> My own government reports both numbers (with and without VAT) ah, interesting. no VAT in the UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-public-spending-was-calculated-in-your-tax-summary/how-public-spending-was-calculated-in-your-tax-summary https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-public-spendi... (well, it's the first link I found... even in the excel file no vat mention..... I am sure I can find mention to it, I did not search much No vat for Italy, too (just a quick search), even for the defence https://temi.camera.it/leg19DIL/temi/19_il-bilancio-della-difesa-in-breve https://temi.camera.it/leg19DIL/temi/19_il-bilancio-della-di...