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[–] stray@pawb.social 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Here in Sweden the government recently lowered taxes on groceries so that the stores would lower their prices for customers. lol

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And did the stores lower their prices?

[–] lemmock@lemmy.world 14 points 20 hours ago

And the stores lowered their prices, right?

[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Groceries have taxes? I assumed basic groceries were zero rated everywhere.

[–] Stiggyman@ani.social 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No here is Denmark it's 25% vat

[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 1 points 4 hours ago

Thats wild, I'm used to zero rating on basic food goods in the UK. Unless its chocolate. That's taxable. Unless its a chocolate cake, thats a basic food again. But a chocolate biscuit attracts tax. Which was the whole thing about jaffa cakes and their tax status was about. Its a cake, therefore a basic food.

Catering, Alcohol, confectionary, crisps and snacks, hot food, sports drinks, ice cream and soft drinks are taxed.

Its all a bit complicated, but the more you can imagine someone eating it in 1910 the more likely its zero rated.