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Has this institute done an analysis of the VAT own goal by Germany? What percentage is paid by EU Germans?

• fnands 9mo ago
  All of it? There's no question about who pays VAT, and there never has been. You can have whatever opinion you want on VAT, but there's never been any messaging that anyone else will be paying for VAT.
• alex_suzuki 9mo ago
  Value added tax, to the best of my knowledge, is always paid by the end customer/consumer. Is somebody claiming otherwise?
  • drstewart 9mo ago
    So it's a huge German own goal? And they knew it?
    • Ajedi32 9mo ago
      Yeah, fair point. Yes, obviously taxes on businesses are born by the consumer. Saying that automatically makes them an "own goal" though is... quite the take.
• fnands 9mo ago
  Also, you mean the VAT that was introduced into (West) Germany in *checks-notes* 1968? I'm pretty sure someone has done an analysis on VAT since it was introduced 58 years ago... It's a really destabilising policy as you can see.
  • drstewart 9mo ago
    Tariffs were invented in 2025?