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Subject:	Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 15 Mar 1999 10:32:42 GMT
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36eb9d57.11798658@lugnet.com>... > On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:09:43 GMT, richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net > (Richard Dee) wrote: > > > What is your VAT rate, then? We are at 17.5%. > Ditto. from 6% (for vital sources like bread, basic food materials) up to 25% (luxury(!) items, icluding things like home appliances, and so). > > Cigarettes cost around 3.50 pounds for 20, > Ditto. Packet of 20 goes for 350 000TL, slightly less than 1 US$ (any brand- camel, marlboro, etc. Local brands costs half or less) You know, some people around must consume those hazardous things that produced somewhere much more developed to consume them..:-) > > and shock! they didn't increase alcohol duties. 3.7p on > No idea. It's also very cheap here. > > a litre of unleaded petrol, elimination of mortgage interest > > relief, elimination of married-allownace benefits........ > Glad to see they're finally getting rid of those discriminatory > marriage benefits. > > A litre of unleaded 98 octan goes for around 2.20 guilders here, or > somewhat majorly over a USD. How can it be? Even here (we buy 90% of petroil that used in country from abroad) it costs less than a USD (slightly, though). Selçuk > > Jasper

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		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) So, I assume Lego is taxed at 6%? :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) Okay, you're right. i was too simplistic. 6% on books & food, 17.5 on the rest. (...) Round here, we don't have locla brands, and the price is set by the government to be the same on all packets, everywhere. (...) Well, we buy _all_ oil from (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 10:32:42 GMT, Selçuk <teyyareci> uttered the following profundities... (...) In the UK, it is a flat, 17.5% on everything, except... natural gas (8%), and books, children's clothes, and food, which is zero-rated(no tax). books (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:23:20 GMT, Jasper Janssen uttered the following profundities... (...) The new tax system is abolition of the 20% band(Payable on the 1st 5 or so 1000 pounds). That has been replaced with a 10% band, but only stretches to the (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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