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Re: Food taxes and rules

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought[DK] (Post 5670850)

The tax got scrapped because it didn't make people buy healthier foods. People just travelled to the German border shops to buy the same unhealthy crap - only cheaper and thus endangering the Danish retail market and food industry without the added benefit of improved public health.

How high were the taxes if it was economical to do that?!

Re: Food taxes and rules

Never underestimate the power of hungry people looking for their cakes in large numbers.

Re: Food taxes and rules

People will do that due to the EU. Finns go buy the tobacco product snus from Sweden because it's banned elsewhere, and cheap booze in massive numbers from Estonia because we have a higher alcohol tax.

And even if Russia isn't in the EU, you can get cheap and illegal tobacco from Russian dealers. Just don't buy booze from them or you'll get blind.

But usually a change in regulation will mess up the market prices. Just like when the Euro was introduced, food price acted weird and eventually rose. Lowering or rising the value added tax will also usually end up rising food price relatively regardless whether it was lowered or risen.