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"Mr President, very few issues among the growing band of United Kingdom Euro-sceptics excite as much interest as VAT, this being one of the concrete examples of the European Union interfering in domestic tax matters. The tax itself embodies many of the features of the European Union which makes it so unloved in my country: it is complicated, bureaucratic, difficult and expensive to administer and, in the UK at least, enforced by a draconian and unpopular inspectorate.
On Parliament's report, I find myself in complete disagreement with virtually every single word. I cannot, for instance, see why the introduction of the euro should require further or even any coordination of VAT rates. I do not see the introduction of a common system of VAT as a priority and I do not agree that the introduction of a common system is long overdue. In fact, nothing would please me, my party and the bulk of business people in the United Kingdom more than the complete abolition of VAT. We would prefer a simpler levy on retail goods. Moreover, we would prefer to determine our own taxes and reject the idea of a common tax system.
Therefore, as to the Commission's proposal to extend the timescale the reform is introduced, I can only express my neutrality. But as to reducing that time, as the rapporteur proposed, I have to oppose."@en1
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