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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-10-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The future of VAT (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111013.3.4-040-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-13-Speech-4-041-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Andrew Henry William Brons2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, the rapporteur describes lack of harmonisation as a particular problem, or shortcoming, of VAT. I cannot agree that this is a problem at all. Taxes are levied primarily to gain revenue and secondarily to have economic or social effects. Taxes are not levied to look pretty or harmonious. Each country has its own spending agenda and perceived economic and social needs, and it is they who should determine tax rates. We should not levy taxes for the sake of doing so or so that they are the same as in neighbouring countries. I would not reform VAT, I would replace it with a simple but variable sales tax. Flat-rate VAT is a regressive tax because it is paid disproportionately by the less affluent with their high marginal propensity to consume. The zero-rated and exempt items make VAT less regressive than it would otherwise be. However, I suspect that those items would become victims of harmonisation. Furthermore, harmonisation would be impossible to escape were it to be effected by a regulation rather than by a directive."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; AFCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; British National Party (2009-07-14--2012-10-16)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Andrew Henry William Brons (NI )."1
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