Parliament calls for additional supplies to be added to 1 February reduced VAT cuts On 20 January 2022, the Polish Parliament voted to add further goods to the list to enjoy VAT rates cuts to 8% from 1 February 2022. These include: Coal and coke
Inflation hits 8.2% prompting food VAT cut following domestic electricty reduction Inflation in Romania has now hit a 10-year record at 8.2% in December. It started the year at 3%. The government is therefore discussing cutting VAT on basic foodstuffs from 9% reduced rate to
23% domestic electricity inflation forces extended tax subsidy The Romanian government is considering an extended reduced VAT rate on domestic energy prices for low-volume consumers. This would maintain the reduced Value Added Tax rate at 5% instead of the 19% standard VAT rate between April
Spiralling global electricity and gas prices force another European country to introduce VAT subsidy The Baltic state of Latvia is considering reassigning domestic electricity supplies from the standard VAT rate to 5% for 2023. The bill is now with Parliament. Any cut would include gas
