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Restaurant guests hardly benefit from the reduction in value added tax at the beginning of the year. The union puts the companies on the brink – since the employees do not profit either. The industry association defends itself and moans missing facts. Can it really be that everyone loses?
Since the beginning of the year a lower value added tax has been applied in the hospitality industry. On average, only about one percent of the courts have become cheaper, a study on behalf of the trade union Food-Compassing Restaurants shows. By Markus Reher.
Zeit Online
Since January, a reduced VAT rate of seven percent has been due for food in restaurants and cafés. With the measure, the government also wanted to relieve guests. However, prices for them remain largely unchanged - and also in the workforce the frustration increases.
Taxes down, prices not: Although VAT on restaurant dishes has been drastically reduced, prices have even slightly increased. According to an investigation, neither guests nor employees benefit from the measure.
German restaurant VAT cut fails to lower prices, union says
Germany's €4 billion VAT cut for restaurants has largely failed to benefit diners, with only around 1% of more than 180,000 dishes surveyed becoming cheaper, the Food, Beverages and Catering Union (NGG) said on Thursday.
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