Yeah, it’s the US consumers who will end up paying the tariffs on imports. Maybe part of the plan is to start making more cheap stuff in the US, but then where do they get the workforce from if they’re also planning mass deportations and tighter immigration?
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take your blinkers off
Irish product for sale in NH USA 0% tax
USA product for sale in Ireland + existing EU Tariffs + IRL 23%
That’s good bidness
That’s true,Chad and Brad aren’t going to work minimum wage in some sweatshop in rural Alabama making t-shirts for K-Mart or Walmart.Maybe that’s why Florida wants to change the law to let 14 year olds work nights
Most goods traded between US & EU were not subject to tariffs before this.
Those that were, were generally already subject to existing recipricol tariffs
Paddy charging VAT. The bastard
Fucking eurotrash won’t take our chlorinated chicken
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seed oils are a bigger threat to your health than chlorinated chicken
This is tremenjus…there are simpleton Trumpbot posters on here who aren’t as stupid as this fella.
it is a relatively new imposition and as you can see it is not lower today than when it was introduced…
Could they all sign in please?
What’s the 23%?
Is that B to B or B to C?
Ah you wouldn’t now
Standard Rate - what started at 16.37 is now 23%
Reduced Rate - was introduced at 5.26% is now 13.5%
The introduction of VAT was a requirement of Ireland joining the EU
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Americans won’t be p-p-picking up a Penguin any time soon.
But importers typically reclaim VAT.
consumers pay sales tax the world over.
Including murica
Does anyone know the origin of VAT? It was supposed to be at one stage a luxury goods tax afair, but was levied on things like nappies, sanitary products and children’s shoes.