Value-added tax
Sep. 13th, 2006 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ticklish_frogThere are three basic brackets for the VAT in Portugal. We shall review them using a typical grocery store selection of goods:
I agree with such distribution in general, however, I cannot consider myseld truly European until I wholeheartly feel that tea is more luxurious than coffee. Same for canned vs. fresh produce.
P.S. There is a huge supermarket in the outskirts of the city. When you buy something there, the receipt has an attachment which gives you a 5 cent per liter discount for the automotive fuel at participating locations. This amounts to 3.73% discount for just shopping in a proper place (I do not know for sure how competitive the prices are for this offer, but in general, fluctuations in prices among different gas stations here are really small).
- 5%: milk, water, bread, fresh vegetables and fruits, yogurt, fresh meat and fish
- 12%: wine, coffee, canned vegetables and fruits, cheese
- 21%: porto, tea, sugar, ice cream, household items (soap, matches, utensils, toilet paper)
I agree with such distribution in general, however, I cannot consider myseld truly European until I wholeheartly feel that tea is more luxurious than coffee. Same for canned vs. fresh produce.
P.S. There is a huge supermarket in the outskirts of the city. When you buy something there, the receipt has an attachment which gives you a 5 cent per liter discount for the automotive fuel at participating locations. This amounts to 3.73% discount for just shopping in a proper place (I do not know for sure how competitive the prices are for this offer, but in general, fluctuations in prices among different gas stations here are really small).
