{"id":49032,"date":"2025-01-26T17:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T17:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/accounting\/taxes-on-unhealthy-food-products\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T17:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T17:14:17","slug":"taxes-on-unhealthy-food-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=49032","title":{"rendered":"Taxes on unhealthy food products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/2023\/06\/11\/taxes-on-unhealthy-food-products\/img_2606\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_2606.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"634,465\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_2606\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_2606.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_2606.jpg?w=479\" width=\"634\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_2606.jpg?w=634\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_2606.jpg 634w, https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_2606.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_2606.jpg?w=300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>I recall many years ago when I was studying for my accounting exams. One of the things we learned about Irish valued added tax (VAT) is that the rate of zero tended to apply to basic foods \u2013 milk, bread, for example \u2013 with higher rates generally applying to more \u201cluxury\u201d items.<\/p>\n<p>Having had a recent article in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/2023\/jun\/11\/uk-food-giant-calls-for-higher-fat-sugar-and-salt-taxes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\">Guardian<\/a>, it made me think about whether VAT would be a good way to increase taxes on unhealthy foods like sugar \u2013 unhealthy in that there tends to be too much in certain processed foods. It seems logical and sensible, and in the article, even a large food company is asking for such change. It is also quite efficient as the VAT system is well established in most European countries, so no need to create a new system to administer a new tax.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recall many years ago when I was studying for my accounting exams. One of the things we learned about Irish valued added tax (VAT) is that the rate of zero tended to apply to basic foods \u2013 milk, bread, for example \u2013 with higher rates generally applying to more \u201cluxury\u201d items. 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