With all this bleating about green taxes etc: why didn’t Osborne simply cancel the special low rate of VAT for home energy?
Osborne’s missed trick
June 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
Tags: Tax
Tim Worstall
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Evelyn // Jun 23, 2010 at 9:01 am
Because the households on the dole or on low pensions (etc) already are almost priced out of heating their homes.
And because the desired subsidies for green scamsters cannot be paid with this method.
2 Martin // Jun 23, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Evelyn’s got a point, you know, Tim.
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