VAT is charged on hot food in your average deli or forecourt, but not on a cold sandwich, so breakfast rolls and other hot sandwiches are in the firing line under the proposed VAT hike.
The price of a humble breakfast roll could rocket by a quarter if the special hospitality VAT rate is not retained, it has been warned by hospitality experts.
And the days of a €10 lunch could be completely out the window as industry sources say that a restaurant or pub would have to charge up to an extra €2.50 on €10 if the VAT increase from 9% back to 13.5% is approved. The Restaurants Association of Ireland’s chief executive, Adrian Cummins, warned the Irish Mirror last night that the VAT hike would see “substantial increases to the bottom line.”
The hospitality sector currently has a special concessionary VAT rate of just 9%, which was introduced to help the struggling sector through Covid times, when it was shut down.
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