VAT

Coop Italia Pledges To Reduce VAT Rate On Sanitary Pads

Coop Italia has pledged to absorb a recent VAT increase on sanitary pads in Italy, and has reactivated a campaign to reduce the tax rate on these and other...

Poland To Extend Zero VAT On Food, Energy Price Freeze Into 2024

Polish lawmakers voted in favour of extending a freeze on energy prices, while the prime minister said he would sign a decree extending 0% VAT on food into...

Spain Won't Reinstate VAT On Basic Foods Until Price Rises Ease Says Minister

Spain will not reinstate the value-added tax (VAT) on essential food until price levels are "more appropriate," economy minister Nadia Calvino sa...

Portugal's Food VAT Cut Is Working As Retailers Not Taking Advantage, PM Says

The temporary removal of value-added tax on essential food products was working to curb prices, while retailers were not taking advantage of the measure to...

Poland May Extend Zero VAT On Food Into 2024

Poland may extend zero VAT rate on food staples into 2024 if inflation persists, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the weekend.

'Don't Push Food Companies Across The Border', Warns Belgium's Fevia

Fevia, the umbrella trade association of the Belgian food industry, has called on the government to take measures quickly to strengthen the competitiveness...

Portugal Announces €2.5 Billlon Anti-Inflation Package

Portugal's government on Friday announced measures worth €2.5 billion to help low-income families cope with soaring inflation and high interest rates,...

Jerónimo Martins Urges Portugal To Cut VAT On Food, Eyes Slovak Market

Portugal's second-largest retailer Jeronimo Martins urged the government on Thursday to cut the value added tax on basic food products and promised to redu...