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Tourist VAT rate restoration: Is your local increasing food prices?

  • 17-01-2019 11:52am
    #1
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭


    Spotted an increase of 20% odd on food when going out for lunch yesterday.

    2 queries of the reader.

    1. Is yours increasing it.
    2. Do you recall them reducing it when the rate was put at 9%


    For me, I didn't spot a decrease prior. Are they all doing this?


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  • #2
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Local takeaway here put meal deals up from €7.50 to €8.80!


  • #3
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    Local takeaway here put meal deals up from €7.50 to €8.80!

    And that's about €1 more of an increase than the additional VAT.


  • #4
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,336 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Is this business saying it is purely down to VAT?

    There are plenty of other reasons for a business to increase prices. They would be daft to bill it as purely VAT related.

    Minimum wage went up recently, rent and rates on the up etc.


  • #5
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    PARlance wrote: »

    Minimum wage went up recently, rent and rates on the up etc.

    They've been going up for at least 3 years now and no increases happened. Yes you can argue to do 1 big increase rather than 3-4 small ones but still its a kick in the balls. Eating out is and was already overpriced in Ireland.

    Prices didn't drop when other stuff did.


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