mrpotatohead wrote:Me too, if you spend too much pay the going rate of tax, tighten your belt, put your tin hat on, trust the coalition to sort out the banks
mrpotatohead wrote:4 legs good, two legs bad
Christies Child wrote:£2.50 extra on every £100 we spend doesn't seem excessive to me.
At least the essentials of life are VAT free.
Heysham_Shrimp wrote:A lot of the high street shops will absorb the 2.5% increase in VAT without adjusting prices.
Heysham_Shrimp wrote:A lot of the high street shops will absorb the 2.5% increase in VAT without adjusting prices.
Christies Child wrote:On your average weekly spend not including food, how much do you reckon you spend on items that are subject to VAT? I did my own calculation and I was surprised how little it actually was.
Jack Poulton wrote:So why are national newspapers (sorry "opinion sheets") VAT free? Surely they are not essential. Bringing them into the VAT family could raise quite a bit but why anyone still buys them is beyond me and why they still retain so much power is a scandal. Won't effect me though as I stopped buying them when teletext was invented and I haven't missed them.
wijit wrote:.......We see it when Beer and Spirit duty rises, they put on a little extra
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