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General Category => N Gauge Discussion => Topic started by: polo2k on December 07, 2011, 11:00:42 AM

Title: From the first...
Post by: polo2k on December 07, 2011, 11:00:42 AM
... isnt VAT going back down 2.5%?

Good news in offsetting any planned price increases!
Title: Re: From the first...
Post by: Dock Shunter on December 07, 2011, 12:45:04 PM
Quote from: polo2k on December 07, 2011, 11:00:42 AM
... isnt VAT going back down 2.5%?

Good news in offsetting any planned price increases!

VAT may well go down 2.5%......
but what will the price increases be...?

The saying "Give it to you with one hand"
                  "And take it away with the other"...springs to mind
Title: Re: From the first...
Post by: EtchedPixels on December 07, 2011, 02:27:00 PM
Quote from: polo2k on December 07, 2011, 11:00:42 AM
... isnt VAT going back down 2.5%?

News to me. As far as I am aware for the most part it is going up again but by stealth this time - removing exceptions. So for example VAT will now apply to things like cycle to work scheme arrangements (nothing like raising costs of something by about £30/month to make more people take up a green benefit!) , employee food vouchers, works canteen arrangements, caravan sites,  personal yachts,..

Some of them are huge shifts as they've gone from exempt to 20% in one shot.

Oh and most fuel duties are going up including things like aviation fuel

Title: Re: From the first...
Post by: red_death on December 07, 2011, 02:39:58 PM
Simple answer - no.

Alan - I am not sure we should be worrying too much about VAT on personal yachts! Though I agree with the general point.
Title: Re: From the first...
Post by: Lawrence on December 07, 2011, 03:43:54 PM
Well that's it then, the Learjet will have to go, I'll keep the yacht for now though

::) ::)
Title: Re: From the first...
Post by: poliss on December 07, 2011, 04:42:32 PM
You'll be fine Lawrence. The tax on private jets has been delayed for a year.
The 20% VAT was a permanent measure, so it won't be going down. On the news yesterday it said that VAT was going up to 23% in Ireland!
Title: Re: From the first...
Post by: Lawrence on December 07, 2011, 05:05:11 PM
Phew that was lucky then!  I think I'll forget buying that Irish brewery though  ;)