Tax Reduction Hits at Midnight 28. febrúar 2007 17:25 At midnight, new laws on Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise tax on food will take effect in Iceland. According to the new laws, VAT on most food categories will be lowered from 14% to 7%. The Icelandic Consumer Agency projects a average price reduction of 6.1%. Most food categories also carry Excise Tax, which will in most cases be abandoned. Tolls and tariffs on imported meat will be reduced up to 40%. VAT on books and CDs will also be lowered from 24.5% to 7%, which means a price reduction of 14.1%. Also affected will be hotel rates, but VAT on hotel prices will be reduced from 14% to 7%. News News in English Mest lesið Grunaður um að hafa frelsissvipt ferðamann í nokkrar klukkustundir Innlent Hikar ekki við að lögsækja skyldi Rafmennt nota nafn skólans Innlent Drengnum sleppt en fleiri handteknir Erlent Munaði sex atkvæðum Erlent Birgir Guðjónsson er látinn Innlent Segjast hafa lent í drónaárás á alþjóðlegu hafsvæði Erlent Kalla eftir mannúð og miskunnsemi stjórnvalda gagnvart börnum Innlent Waltz bolað úr embætti af Trump vegna Signal skilaboðanna Erlent Líkamsárásir og brotist inn í raftækjaverslun Innlent Myndaveisla: Lúðrasveit, fánar og gríðarstór stytta á Verkalýðsdaginn Innlent
At midnight, new laws on Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise tax on food will take effect in Iceland. According to the new laws, VAT on most food categories will be lowered from 14% to 7%. The Icelandic Consumer Agency projects a average price reduction of 6.1%. Most food categories also carry Excise Tax, which will in most cases be abandoned. Tolls and tariffs on imported meat will be reduced up to 40%. VAT on books and CDs will also be lowered from 24.5% to 7%, which means a price reduction of 14.1%. Also affected will be hotel rates, but VAT on hotel prices will be reduced from 14% to 7%.
News News in English Mest lesið Grunaður um að hafa frelsissvipt ferðamann í nokkrar klukkustundir Innlent Hikar ekki við að lögsækja skyldi Rafmennt nota nafn skólans Innlent Drengnum sleppt en fleiri handteknir Erlent Munaði sex atkvæðum Erlent Birgir Guðjónsson er látinn Innlent Segjast hafa lent í drónaárás á alþjóðlegu hafsvæði Erlent Kalla eftir mannúð og miskunnsemi stjórnvalda gagnvart börnum Innlent Waltz bolað úr embætti af Trump vegna Signal skilaboðanna Erlent Líkamsárásir og brotist inn í raftækjaverslun Innlent Myndaveisla: Lúðrasveit, fánar og gríðarstór stytta á Verkalýðsdaginn Innlent