Tax the hombres behind the tree,
not we artistes;
Spain’s arts and entertainment sector faces “disaster” as a result of
the government’s decision two years ago to apply a 21-percent sales tax
to movie, concert and theater tickets, according to an open letter from
industry representatives presented to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy last
week.
....Sales tax, or VAT, was raised from eight to 21 percent in September
2012. Since then, say sector representatives, there has been a
30-percent drop in cinema, theater, concert and dance attendances, along
with a “drastic reduction in the ability to produce new content, one
that will be difficult to recover from, and that has badly hit
businesses, which are closing down: exposing the total uselessness of a
measure that is as absurd as it is destructive.”
Because the competitors have lower taxes;
Spain is alone among EU nations in imposing such a high level of sales
tax on the arts. In France the figure is five percent; in Greece, nine
percent, and 13 percent in Portugal.
That's entertainment!
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