But it is inevitable that there will be some increases soon given the huge
hike in VAT that the 2015 changes have forced on sellers.
Chancellor Osborne says it is the only road to recovery - but the coalition wants to shave # 66bn off public spending with a raft of measures from spending cuts to
a hike in VAT.
«The purchasing power of people in work is being badly affected by
the hike in VAT and other inflationary pressures on the economy as pay is not keeping up.
It is thought that the Emergency Budget tomorrow might include
a hike in VAT.
«If Labour is elected next month we will guarantee that for the next five years there will be no tax rises for income taxpayers earning less than # 80,000 a year,
no hikes in VAT, and no changes in your National Insurance Contributions either.
Not exact matches
His blushing beau hastily abandoned vows to fight early spending cuts, a
VAT hike and tuition fee rises
in his rush to make the match work.
According to a statement signed by the Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, the suspension of the Import
VAT and the Fumigation Levy has become necessary as a result of the «unintended
hike in import charges».
«It has added to this pressure on family budgets, with cuts to tax credits, a freeze
in child benefit and a
VAT hike,» he added.
Clegg said that under the Lib Dems there was no need to implement a
hike in value added tax (
VAT).
That means that all those books I bought
in 2009 had
VAT at 15 %, while those I've bought this year have it at 17.5 %; so have I been unfair
in accusing Waterstones of a price
hike?