Consumer pressure stops VAT charge
Friday 19th September 2008, 2:30PM BST.
The Chamber of Commerce breakfast seminar at the Duke of Richmond Hotel.
CONSUMERS have the power to stop UK-based retailers charging VAT inclusive prices in Guernsey, according to the Commerce and Employment minister.
Deputy Carla McNulty Bauer made the comment at the Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast seminar entitled ‘Challenges and opportunities facing Guernsey’s retail industry’.
Environment minister Peter Sirett, Public Services minister Bernard Flouquet and Home minister Geoff Mahy were also quizzed by the audience, along with Chamber’s head of retail, Tony Creasey.
‘One of the UK-based firms in the High Street was charging VAT inclusive rates and every time I went in there, I made a comment to the staff and I’m delighted to see they have now cut their prices,’ said Deputy McNulty Bauer.
‘If consumers put the pressure on staff the message will get through to management and hopefully something will happen.’
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good idea but would it not be better to either make shops which chargew VAT have a sign in the window saying they do as law
or force them to take it off? so many places charge it it’s annoying its nearly 20% and if u work out how much u waste on paying VAT it’s really annoying
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I think you will find that shops don’t charge VAT in Guernsey.
What they do (BSKY, Creasey’s M and S) is to charge special Guernsey prices.
Odd thing is that these special prices often are the same as the UK inclusive of Vat price. Pure coincidence, of course. After all it does cost a small fortune to send freight to Guernsey!!!
A good idea Unknown but the loopholes are too many.
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Typical states leave the job which they are paid to do up to the general public!
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It would appear that the same stance is being taken with the Landsbanki depositors. Leave it up to the depositors to put pressure on the authorities and maybe the messgage will get through to management? Well the pressure is definately being put on the reputation of the island but no message seems to be getting through.
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