Do reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in EU affect consumers?

<div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 2.25pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;"><p class="PotKeywords">Value added tax represents an important fiscal policy instrument, mainly because of the stable source of tax revenues of...

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Main Authors: Anna Bánociová, Slavomira Ťahlová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: HACCP Consulting 2018-12-01
Series:Potravinarstvo
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Online Access:http://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/992
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description <div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 2.25pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;"><p class="PotKeywords">Value added tax represents an important fiscal policy instrument, mainly because of the stable source of tax revenues of state budgets. At the level of EU member states, the value-added tax is most harmonized, individual member states have always an option to implement more types of VAT rates on selected goods. In order to keep prices of foodstuffs and basic necessity products at the lowest possible level and with the highest availability for consumers, EU member states apply reduced VAT rates on these goods. The main objective of the paper is to research the impact on reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in relation to consumers. The complexity of legislative adjustments on taxation of foodstuffs should be progressively simplified because reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs become ineffective and increase the burden on households compared to incomes of households. This paper is dedicated to the observation whether the application of the reduced VAT rate on foodstuffs affects the change in total expenditures of households. Based on the panel regression model with fixed effects on states, the standard VAT rate at the chosen significance level plays a significant factor, which affects total expenditures on foodstuffs of households and thus affects consumers. In the case of the reduced VAT rate on foodstuffs, this fact has not been confirmed.</p></div>
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spelling doaj.art-e56c06f88a5e488ea167ad91d9567d542022-12-22T01:08:37ZengHACCP ConsultingPotravinarstvo1337-09602018-12-0112177578110.5219/992725Do reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in EU affect consumers?Anna Bánociová0Slavomira Ťahlová1Technical University of Košice, Department of Finance, Němcovej 32, 040 01 KošiceTechnical University of Košice, Department of Finance, Němcovej 32, 040 01 Košice<div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 2.25pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;"><p class="PotKeywords">Value added tax represents an important fiscal policy instrument, mainly because of the stable source of tax revenues of state budgets. At the level of EU member states, the value-added tax is most harmonized, individual member states have always an option to implement more types of VAT rates on selected goods. In order to keep prices of foodstuffs and basic necessity products at the lowest possible level and with the highest availability for consumers, EU member states apply reduced VAT rates on these goods. The main objective of the paper is to research the impact on reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in relation to consumers. The complexity of legislative adjustments on taxation of foodstuffs should be progressively simplified because reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs become ineffective and increase the burden on households compared to incomes of households. This paper is dedicated to the observation whether the application of the reduced VAT rate on foodstuffs affects the change in total expenditures of households. Based on the panel regression model with fixed effects on states, the standard VAT rate at the chosen significance level plays a significant factor, which affects total expenditures on foodstuffs of households and thus affects consumers. In the case of the reduced VAT rate on foodstuffs, this fact has not been confirmed.</p></div>http://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/992value added taxreduced tax rate on foodstuffshousehold consumption
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Do reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in EU affect consumers?
Potravinarstvo
value added tax
reduced tax rate on foodstuffs
household consumption
title Do reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in EU affect consumers?
title_full Do reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in EU affect consumers?
title_fullStr Do reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in EU affect consumers?
title_full_unstemmed Do reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in EU affect consumers?
title_short Do reduced VAT rates on foodstuffs in EU affect consumers?
title_sort do reduced vat rates on foodstuffs in eu affect consumers
topic value added tax
reduced tax rate on foodstuffs
household consumption
url http://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/992
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