A petition to reduce the VAT rate on food products from 24 percent to 10 percent has now gathered a record-breaking 70,000 signatures.
Estonia’s VAT rose from 22 percent to 24 percent on July 1 and there are no exceptions for food. This means Estonia has one of the highest VAT rates in Europe.
MasterChef Estonia winner Jana Guzanova initiated the petition through the Citizen Initiative (Rahvaalgatus) online portal earlier this month and it quickly gathered over 50,000 signatures.
She said that many people have reached out to her, expressing great gratitude that someone has taken the lead on the issue.
“A lot of people have been writing; not those on the threshold of absolute or relative poverty, but people who earn €1400–€1500 and say that they have no money left for anything at the end of the month,” Guzanova said.
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