DANISH GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS DROPPING VAT ON ORGANIC MEATS
February 1st, 2014
Denmark’s ministry of agriculture (MoA) is examining a proposal supported by the country’s farming, retailing and consumer groups to abolish VAT on organic products, including meat. The ministry is expected to deliver a decision once Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s centre-left administration completes its budgetary review in April.Political pressure encouraging the government to promote organic production in this way has been built by investigative television reports by state broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) which exposed poor animal husbandry ...
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