If I pay someone to clean my apartment, I have to pay "value-added-tax". Can someone kindly inform me, what value is added? If anything is a fund transfer, of which I've paid income taxes, and the person receiving it, will (normally) pay income taxes.
@lxo That wasn't the point.. many or most services doesn't add any "value" to society, thus shouldn't be taxed as such.
Same for foods. Shouldn't be any VAT on that (maybe unhealthy foods). You need food, it adds no value besides keeping you alive, (to pay more taxes). You do poop some out, but I pay sewage taxes, so that should cover it. And really, that sewage heat, is being used to heat water, which is sold to people as heating. So technically they should pay me back to take a dump. ;)
