Despite criticism from the minister of finance, the Ministry of Rural Affairs and Agriculture is continuing to move forward with an analysis of the impact of a potential reduction in VAT on food products, which was initiated by the previous minister.
For Social Democrat (SDE) Piret Hartman, one of her personal priorities before leaving her post as agriculture minister was food prices.At the end of last year, she requested that the Center of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK) analyze whether food products should be subject to a lower VAT rate.
Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi (Reform) has repeatedly stated that there is no point to a special VAT regime, and was critical of Hartman’s plan at the time as well.
“Piret’s entire decision to commission this study and take on this issue is, of course, a very incompetent move,” Ligi told ERR.
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