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Will VAT Be Higher Than 17.5% When It Is Put Back Up, On The 01/01/10?
Background: UK VAT Was reduced from December 1, 2008 for one year to 15% (From 17.5%)
It is due to go back to 17.5% again on the 01/01/2010
This could be an opotunity to increase this to a higher level than previously.
Will VAT be set to OVER 17.5% by the 01/01/2010?
To avoid any confusion, If VAT stays at 15% or is reduced further, than that will be a 'NO'
It is due to go back to 17.5% again on the 01/01/2010
This could be an opotunity to increase this to a higher level than previously.
Will VAT be set to OVER 17.5% by the 01/01/2010?
To avoid any confusion, If VAT stays at 15% or is reduced further, than that will be a 'NO'
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Initial likelihoods: Yes: 25%
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The number of U.S. citizens in Britain fell 3.8 percent to 126,000 in the 12 months through September, according to the Office for National Statistics. The trend probably continued this year, with the Confederation of British Industry estimating the U.K. financial industry will lose about 45,000 jobs in the first nine months of 2009, or 4.3 percent of the total.
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