All EOS blogs All Spain blogs  Start your own blog Start your own blog 

Spanish Business News

The latest business, economic,property, stock market and financial news from Spain. Keep up to date with what is happening with the Spanish economy, stock market, the economic crisis, the euro zone debt sovereign debt crisis and the Spanish property market.

Spain to increase VAT in 2013
17 June 2012 @ 17:17

According to Reuters, the Spanish government intends to raise the VAT rate next year, in an effort to tackle its massive budget deficit:

Spain intends to raise its value added tax (VAT) rate in 2013. The country has one of the lowest VAT rates in Europe, even after hikes in 2010. The government is concerned tax rises will hurt economic growth.







1 Comments

jim said:
18 June 2012 @ 19:47

maybe just another nail in the coffin of the already ailing spanish economy.


Leave a comment

Please leave a comment about this post. You don't have to be registered to leave a comment.

Name *
 
Website (Optional if you want to link to it.  Include http://)
Spam protection:  What is the capital of Spain? * 
 
Your comment *  (HTML not allowed)  
(Items marked * are required)