Even the sustainability of this lowered VAT, as the Socialists would like, can be discussed, he believes.
Currently, the reduced VAT applies until the end of September. The federal government had already hinted that depending on the development of energy prices, an extension would be considered.
The president of the Flemish Liberals has no doubts about this, he said on Sunday. “The prices of gas and electricity are so high, it will not have improved by the end of the year,” he said. “The government will have no choice but to extend.”
Making the 6% VAT definitive is a subject to be discussed, but the liberal adds to it reform conditions to activate the unemployed. “At the end, someone will have to pay well for the general rounds at the counter,” he said, speaking of “gifts distributed to people”.