"in Kosovo, T VSH higher than in developed states"

Meanwhile, many European countries apply reduced VAT rates for food, treating them as basic products for living. Malta applies the 0% rate for certain food categories, Italy 4% for basic products and other reduced rates for certain categories, Spain applies reduced rates for major basket products, France 5.5% for many food products, while Germany 7% for a large share of food.

What does that mean for a Kosovo family? If we take for example a family with 800 euros of monthly budget and assume that all of this is spent on products with 18% VAT, that family pays about 122 euros a month alone T VSH. While at a rate of 7%, for the same cost of consumption, VAT payment would be only 52 euros. So a family with that income saves 70 euros a month, or about 840 euros a year. For a family with a low income of 800 euros per month, 840 euros per year are severalfold more than “aid “that the government gives 100 euros and that is due to “the budget.

The Alliance refuses short-term consumption economy and high tax burden on the citizen. Our right policy aims to leave the money where they belong, in the citizens' pockets so they can decide how they spend it.

Our economic reform includes increasing TV threshold The US from 30,000 to 100,000 euros, to facilitate businesses and small producers, lower the VAT for the food sector, drawing it close to European countries' practices, as well as reducing or lowering the VAT on hygiene products for women and children.

It is not enough to talk about macroeconomic statistics if the family does not feel the improvement in its portfolio.

The change in economic policies is no longer a luxury, it is survival.