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...Nicholls said the government had done little “to bear down on the never-ending rising costs” by rejecting calls to lower VAT and cap business rates for the hospitality sector....
...The last may be a forlorn hope, but only once they accept there is no return to the old status quo will there be hope for a deal everyone can swallow. robert.shrimsley@ft.com...
...Claer BarrettNow the quid pro quo, of course, is if you get immediate access to your money, then you’re not going to get the best interest rate on the market....
...And it’s a healthy movement because it’s anti the status quo. It’s particularly younger people taking possession of wine. It’s their sort of wine....
...The gap between theoretical and actual VAT revenue, for instance, is between 6 and 8.6 per cent in Spain, France and Germany. In Italy it is 24.5 per cent....
...A month ago, I wrote that the biggest question for economic policy was whether the aim should be to restore the status quo ante or take the opportunity to seek fundamental change....
...The VAT and tax deferral will be of some help, but he is already under severe financial strain by opting to “stand by his staff”....
...There is mounting pressure to scrap the taper for all wealthy people — and not just the ones who work for the NHS — but if this happens, there will have to be a quid pro quo....
...Self-employment The chancellor put the UK’s 5m self-employed on watch for increased NICs in April as a quid pro quo for launching the self-employment income support scheme (SEISS)....
...While the art world is virgin territory, Stewart has, according to Drahi’s statement, an “appetite for innovation, taking smart risks and challenging the status quo”....
...Ministers have to respond to the Commission by September 19 and are seeking agreement from the government’s inner Brexit war cabinet to defend the status quo at the EU’s highest court....
...“When you think of a big vat of fat it is quite overwhelming,” says Jeremy Lee, head chef at London’s Quo Vadis and a champion of lard-roasted potatoes....
...Checks on product standards and the imposition of VAT rules at the border are just some of the new frictions that could open up, particularly on the all-important Dover to Calais sea crossing....
...The cancellation of VAT hikes accounts for 12bn....
...[But] the status quo is not sustainable.” Few Arab countries were left untouched by the 2011 uprisings. Some, like Morocco, implemented a degree of reform....
...Compared with the status quo, will it be maximally aligned or minimally aligned?...
...Major farming nations outside Europe are watching carefully for signs they could be worse off than under the status quo....
...The real difference with the status quo would be that the UK would no longer have a vote on EU affairs....
...While Mr Trump has dropped talk of scrapping Nafta outright, Latin America’s second-biggest economy is bracing for uncomfortable changes to a 22-year-old status quo that has transformed it into the US’s...
...At the pricier end, some high-street agents charge as much as 2.5 per cent of the sale price of a home, plus VAT....
...Perhaps a cut in VAT? “Brexit with a deal” would see a short-term positive response on sterling, business investment and consumer spending as there is now some certainty about the withdrawal....
...Mr Brady says he is just bringing the US into line with 100-plus countries that already levy VAT on imports but not exports....
...The main ones at present are sugar and customs duties and a share of VAT revenues....
...But the dependencies are hopeful they will be able to preserve the status quo....
...Raising CGT rates (which are outside the scope of the government’s ringfence on income tax, national insurance and VAT) is an easy way to show we are “all in it together”....
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