"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
The VAT/duty scheme is an extremely flexible way to tailor taxation
effects to achieve the result you want.

No it's not. Controlled by the EU.


That would be why Brown was prevented from *removing* VAT on domestic
fuel (rather than just lowering it to 5pc) back in 1997 at his first
budget, at the time it was made clear that such fuel could not be zero
rated due to EU tax regulations.