Sentence examples for vat imposition from inspiring English sources

The delay in the VAT imposition was deliberately done to try to engineer a spending splurge before January to boost the economy through the next six months and into the start of next year.

McMeikan said he was concerned that the VAT imposition could force small, independent bakeries out of business, and pledged to join forces to block the proposal during the six-week consultation period.

McKenna is a prolific writer of fantasy novels who also campaigns against the imposition of VAT on digital products sold in the EU, which hits small publishers and self-published authors hard.

The closest vote on Wednesday was over the imposition of VAT on static caravans.

In a third vote, over the imposition of VAT on static caravans, 17 Conservatives rebelled and the government's majority was cut by more than two-thirds to just 25.

"The industry's slight recovery at present is fragile; the imposition of VAT will put manufacturing output levels and sales below those at the worst point of the recession with significant economic and social consequences".

Any rise in prices resulting from imposition of a VAT would be a one-time event that would have no effect on the general trend of inflation.

While it is true that imposition of a VAT will more than likely raise the price level by about the amount of the tax, this is not what economists normally think of as inflation.

VAT rate hikes will boost VAT evasion.

British Environment Minister David Maclean doubted whether the tax would achieve the required reduction and stated that the two-thirds reduction to which Britain was committed would result from its planned imposition of a value-added tax (VAT) on fuel and energy.

As is almost traditional for the Wetherspoon founder, he took another swipe at the government's tax policies: The biggest dangers to the pub industry are the VAT disparity between supermarkets and pubs, combined with the continuing imposition of stealth taxes, such as the late-night levy and the increase in fruit and slot machine taxes.