Netherlands: MPs push for VAT on fruit and vegetables to be scrapped

Several parties in the Tweede Kamer, including a number of coalition parties, are pushing for VAT on fruit and vegetables to be abolished as soon as possible.

VVD MP Rudmer Heerema wants the VAT on fruit and vegetables to be set to zero percent as soon as possible. "It's a shame to wait so long for that."

Together with State Secretary of Finance Marnix van Rij, State Secretary for Public Health Van Ooijen is stuck on exactly what falls under fruit and vegetables. Should a can of beans or a carton of sieved tomatoes also be exempt from VAT? Heerema does not see the problem. Everyone knows what fresh fruit and vegetables are. To start with, abolish the VAT on that.

https://nltimes.nl/2022/03/27/mps-push-vat-fruit-vegetables-scrapped