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How much more dearer should it be in Ireland?

  • 24-07-2009 5:06pm
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    Mark Hamill
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    A lot of the threads here complaining about the uk/ireland price differences will usually be answered with references to the different vat rates and different costs of running in each country so I thought we should have a thread where we work out roughly how much more expensive goods and services can justifiably be (in general) in Ireland.

    Just looking at vat, we see there are three vat brackets in the UK: 15%, 4.5% and 0% (I realise that the 15% bracket will increase to 17.5% next January, but I think we should stick with 15% now and amend the thread later). The brackets in Ireland are 21%, 13.5% and 0%. But do the brackets match up enough to make an easy comparison between prices (ie does everything in the uk 15% bracket fall into the Irish 21%). If they do, then there are only three price comparisons to make (each bracket level) otherwise we have nine comparisons to make (each uk bracket against each irish bracket). So I ask do the brackets match up enough to keep the maths simple? (There is an extensive list for the irish rates here, but I just want to know in general, do they match).

    Also operating cost differences would need to be taken into account. I remember reading in a thread somewhere, a reference to a study which showed that south of the border was only 6 or 7% dearer to run in than north of the border, but I have no reference for this so I cant really take this into account yet. Does anyone have a source for roughly how much more expensive it is to operate in Ireland?


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