On Mar 15, 9:10 am, Larry wrote:
BrianH wrote in news:829ed$47db6af5$5449e348$1574
@news.hispeed.ch:
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Does VAT work that way in every European country, or just Switzerland?

We have a thing called a goods and services general excise tax (GST)
here in Hawaii that is VAT without the write-off so it pyramids. It
is very powerful, largely hidden and extraordinarily regressive.

-- Tom.