To give tourism in their own country a boost, each resident receives a rail pass from the NMBS with 10 journeys. That rail pass will be valid from July 1 to December 31. The super-core, consisting of the ten parties that have given the Wilmès government powers of attorney and the top of the federal government, want to create a positive dynamic.
government support measures
The NMBS the supplement that you normally pay to take your bicycle on the train will expire temporarily. To give tourism in their own country a boost, each resident receives a rail pass from the NMBS with 10 journeys. But that measure was criticized a lot. For example, SNCB itself was not aware of it and there were questions about safety and affordability. It has now been decided that people will have to apply for this card themselves. That would reduce the cost of the measure.
In addition, specific support measures have also been taken for sectors in difficulty, including the hotel and catering industry, to mitigate the socio-economic impact of a gradual resumption of activity. To improve the financial situation of the hospitality business, VAT on all services, except alcoholic drinks, will be reduced to 31 percent until December 2020, 6.
no price reduction but more margin
The customer will hardly notice the reduction in VAT. Horeca Flanders is very satisfied with the support measures. The VAT reduction and the consumer voucher are important levers to increase the margins of the catering entrepreneurs and to attract more Belgians to a restaurant and café.
The measures represent a "hugely important signal" for the catering industry, says Matthias De Caluwe, managing director of Horeca Vlaanderen.
“These are important levers. Every steak that people eat, and every coffee they drink, now has more margin for the entrepreneur due to the VAT reduction. ” For the sake of clarity, it is not the intention to lower prices. "There will be more margin on the same sales price," he writes in the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.
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