For those who didn't know....when you shop at a German grocery store....the VAT (value-added-tax) is 7-percent. I should note, it's the same amount for books at the local book store.
There's a Bundestag debate going on....mostly pushed by the Agricultural Ministry....to cut the fruit/vegetable tax part of this to ZERO.
The only folks against the idea? Well...some farmer groups say why stop at just fruit and vegetables....why not include all food items.
Naturally, the people who are anti-fat or anti-sugar.....don't want the ZERO VAT to go that far.
What will happen? I would imagine prior to the end of 2023....some deal will be made, and the VAT rules change. The odds that sugar products or 'bad' food get an increased VAT? Oh, I'd put the odds of that around 50-percent possible.
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It should be anything that is either harvested or slaughtered has zero VAT. Once it's processed and packaged it should get the full 19%. Then we'd all eat a lot better with minimal processed crap.
The vegan folks won't agree on the meat untaxed prior to processing angle.
One odd issue that I note....they aren't talking about fruit-juices when mentioning vegetable/fruit zero taxation. I probably contribute 25 Euro a year on my fruit-juice taxation.
I'm also curious how coffee would fit into this discussion (it and tea...probably won't be getting zero taxation).
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