Think about it: there isn't going to be another VAT rise and I don't expect to see another big rise in the price of petrol.

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After living in France for 12 years, I can tell you that VAT there at 19.6 percent led to an enormous moonlight economy.

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If I was told that Directgov had lost my data I could not exactly change to another VAT supplier.

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"One day I came home and there's this big vat of bubbling green liquid on the stove, " continued Jeff, who's in the printing business.

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