BigSte
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Originally posted by Mike B
It's probably a bit of a get out clause for if they decide they want to start charging VAT on other things in future, things that are exempt can't be charged, but charging 0% means in future they can up that percentage, rather than changing the goal posts with exemptions, which would potentially have a bigger backlash.
[Edited on 09-12-2010 by Mike B]
what Mike said. vast majority of items you don't pay vat on it 0%.
See from about a third the way down this page for rates...
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/forms-rates/rates/goods-services.htm#8
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MJFF88
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Originally posted by sand-eel
You pay VAT if you sit in.
You don't pay VAT if you take away.
may have been the case in the past but the prices are the same these days
Only the case for milkshakes iirc, those times have long gone!
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Chris
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They have to pay extra vat if you eat in, if you take out they dont pay as much.
Thats why they ask you eating in or out, so if you take out they make more money.
As they still charge the same price to you, but the on the books it costs less.
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willay
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Originally posted by Gary
Ste, stop being pedantic!
You've never met Ste have you? 
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sand-eel
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I understand the VAT @ 0% thing.
If you buy coffee @0% VAT and add tap water it will be 0% total.
If you buy tax exempt coffee and add bottled water you will pay 17.5% total.
If you buy coffee at 17.5% and bottled water at 17.5% you pay 2 doses of 17.5% 
[Edited on 09-12-2010 by sand-eel]
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Mike
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Just to give a bit more understanding to what a ballache VAT is, when my dad used to have a sandwich bar, anything that got cooked was @ 17.5% and most things uncooked were at 0%, sounds simple enough but someone comes in and orders bacon and egg on toast, simple 17.5% everything's cooked but if they came in and ordered bacon and egg on a barm, the bacon and the egg are at 17.5%, the barm, remaining uncooked is at 0% so you've basically gotta break it down into how much you're actually charging for each part, then working out the 17.5% that you're charging for the bacon and the egg  I don't think they could've come up with a more complicated tax
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Ste
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Originally posted by Gary
Ste, stop being pedantic!
Pedantic or correct? I could just go and guess how the system works like some people in here have if that will make you happy.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Ryan_G1
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My mcdonalds order comes to £4.66 if i buy it at the drive thru but £4.32 if i eat it in there. WTF
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SportBoy
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0% is surely nothing .... ie zero , none .. etc
like me selling somthing on here for £0 ... you cant pay anyone that becasue its nothing
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noshua
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You're looking at it wrong though, it's been explained about 4 times now
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