This food VAT rebate It arrived in the US this Monday, which was approved by the government last week. Alicante trade Therefore very irregular according to the organization chosen to make the purchase. Duration supermarkets and stores The new prices were already visible from the moment it opened. small organizations many were they resisted they declare that they will apply a discount until the goods they buy from the store are sold out and that they pay their suppliers at the old rates.
So it can be verified in Central Market The majority of stalls affected by the measures – the discount applies to bread, milk, eggs, fruit and vegetables, but excludes meat or fish – are from Alicante they didn’t change their tags. “The fruit I have today I bought it when the year was 2022 and paid with VAT.. “I’ll look at it when I go to replace it,” said Antonio Sirvent of his location on the ground floor of the historic building in the state’s capital.
Yolanda Segarra, in charge of a stall specializing in eggs, also expressed herself in similar terms criticizing the effects of the measure. “I think it’s late, and first of all, won’t make up for the rise The trader drew attention, giving samples of a dozen large-caliber eggs, which were paid 2 euros just six months ago and are now 2.80. With the removal of VAT, 4%, barely 11 cents, will be saved for this food, which is now.
Casualties
In other cases, traders have already assumed they will lose money. “I I have no choice but to applyBut the bakery has already told me that they haven’t lowered their prices to make up for the increase in costs,” complained Susana Gómez in front of one of the bread shops in the Market.
Of course, there were those who followed suit from day one, such as Francisco Alemañ, president of the concessionaires of the Alicante municipal markets. “Markets have always been on the side of customers, and I’m sure we will do the same now,” said the merchant representative.
Faced with the confusion and doubts of small businesses supermarkets Sales normally applied from the moment it opened. “We worked hard to make sure everything was on time,” said one of the employees of a well-known chain establishment on Calderón Street. They were continuing to change some signs in the early morning at another nearby location. The right price is already in the box.
Meanwhile, customers welcomed the VAT cut between hope and skepticism. “Every measure taken to reduce inflation is positive.While queuing up at one of the market stalls, Guillem pointed to Palomares, but yes, he admitted he didn’t see an extreme difference.
Only one euro per purchase
In this sense, the Secretary General Union of Consumers of the Community (UCCV), vincent englandinsisted on abolishing VAT on basic foods and reducing it from 10 percent to 5 percent in pasta and oil.should be implemented immediatelyclaims responsibility from member merchants, regardless of when the product was purchased” and to prevent it from being used to realize hidden price increases.
In addition, they regret the UCCV of the little real repercussions that the measure will have on citizens’ pockets, because they calculate that the impact “won’t be” at all. one euro or one and a half euro per purchase“According to Inglada, which claims it will extend the discount to more products.
a request from Valencia Consumers and Users Association. “We don’t understand why it’s so limited. It has to be implemented. In addition, meat, fish, personal hygiene or cleaning products that we consider indispensable“says the president, Fernando Moner. First of all, because, as you remember, this reduction in VAT on basic foods will have a much smaller impact than the extra spending that most households will have to make after 2012. 20 cents discount per liter of fuel has ended.