Doubts on effectiveness and pass through to consumers as inflation rockets and government reach of energy and food VAT reductions The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has raised doubts on the effectiveness of temporary VAT rate cuts to help consumers during rising inflation.
Third extension of gas VAT cuts until 30 September 2022 as inflation hits 8% in June 2022 Italy has extended for the third time the temporary cut in Value Added Tax rate on domestic and industrial use gas until 30 September 2022. Italian inflation has
9.7% June inflation prompts 3-month extension of electricity, gas and heating VAT rate cut to 31 December 2022 As Belgian energy inflation hit 56% in June, the temporary cut in heating VAT rate was extended a further 3 months until the end of the year.
Eurozone energy inflation 39% May 2022; temporary VAT subsidies for domestic power, foods and other basics A fast-growing queue of European countries are emerging to cut their already reduced VAT rates on domestic energy, petrol and foods. Eurozone headline inflation hit 8.1% in May, up from
Domestic electricity rate to be cut from 10% to 5% as inflation hits 8.7% in May Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced in Parliament on 22 June a plan to half the VAT rate on domestic electricity to 5%. It was originally cut from the 21%
Governments would be better to use revenues for more targeted welfare support The International Monetary Fund last week called for governments to avoid temporary Value Added Tax rate cuts on fuels, electricity or foods as an attempt to reduce the impact of fast-rising inflation. European
Fast rising inflation prompts rollover of VAT cut for domestic energy Cypriot annual inflation hit 8.6% in April 2022, up from 7.1% in March. This is the highest rate in over forty years. This inflation burst has prompted the government to extend the reduction of
Eurozone energy inflation 38% April 2022; temporary VAT subsidies for domestic power, foods and other basics A fast-growing queue of European countries are emerging to cut their already reduced VAT rates on domestic energy, petrol and foods. Eurozone headline inflation hit 7.5% in April 2022, up
Temporary tax breaks on domestic fuel and basic foodstuffs The Bulgarian government has proposed temporarily reducing the Value Added Tax rate on domestic heating and bread. The National Statistical Institute said that Bulgaria’s consumer prices rose by annualised inflation rate of 14.4% (12.4% in March).
Warsaw government considering rolling over VAT cuts Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s prime minister, has confirmed Poland is likely to rollover a number of temporary VAT rate cuts as inflation hit 12.3% in April 2022 (March, 10.9%). This is the highest rate since 1998. The current cuts,
