orcishgamer: Lol, yeah, I'd prefer VAT anyway, if only to avoid everything ending in .98 or .99 cents.
raverdave2k: Most stuff here is still priced ending in 99p, also not sure what Woodmarach is on about, we pay VAT on just about everything except I think basic food (bread, milk etc)
your kidding right?
Standard Rated
Alcoholic drinks
Biscuits (chocolate covered only)
Bottled water (inc. mineral water)
Calendars & diaries
Carbonated (fizzy) drinks
CDs, DVDs & tapes
Cereal bars
Chocolate
Clothes & footwear (not for children under 14)
Confectionery/sweets
Electrical goods
Electricity, gas, heating oil & solid fuel (business)
Food & drinks supplied for consumption on the premises (at restaurants, cafes etc)
Hot take-away food & drinks (inc. burgers, hot dogs, toasted sandwiches)
Ice cream
Fruit juice & other cold drinks (not milk)
Nuts (shelled, roasted/salted)
Potato crisps
Prams & pushchairs
Road fuel (petrol/diesel)
Salt (non-culinary)
Stationery
Taxi fares
Tolls for bridges, tunnels & roads (privately operated)
Water (industrial)
So lets see processed foods, new clothes, non essential drinks, prams and pushchairs(ok this should be moved out really the same as most other things for children) and petrol/diesel...
Reduced Rated (5%)
Children's car seats
Electricity, gas, heating oil & solid fuel (domestic/residential/chairty non-business)
Energy saving materials (permanently installed in residential/charity premises)
Maternity pads
Mobility aids for the elderly
Sanitary protection products
Smoking cessation products
Fuel should be removed but many of the others are subsidised...
Everything else is either 0% or completely exempt
Hell even cakes and non chocolate biscuits are zero rated. If your local shop is charging VAT on your meat, cakes, cereals, fruit and veg etc etc you can get them done.