Sweden restaurant VAT cut

15 September 2011

Sweden has brought forward a cut of VAT on restaurant and catering services to help stimulate job creation for young people.

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As part of a package to help cut costs for the industry, restaurant related-services will be reclassified from the standard VAT rate of 25% to a 12% rate.  The whole package is worth over 5 billion crowns, and is a long-term commitment of the right wing minority government.

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