Boma la EU lachotsa msonkho wa zinthu zachipatala ndi zida zochokera kunja komanso msonkho wa VAT

Pa 20 Marichi 2020, bungwe la European Commission linapempha mayiko onse omwe ali mamembala, komanso United Kingdom, kuti apemphe kuti asachotsedwe misonkho ndi VAT pa katundu woteteza ndi zida zina zachipatala zochokera kumayiko ena. Pambuyo pa zokambirana, Purezidenti wa bungwe la European Commission Ursula von der Leyen adaganiza mwalamulo pa Epulo 3 kuti asachotse kwakanthawi zida zachipatala ndi zida zoteteza zomwe zimatumizidwa kuchokera kumayiko ena (monga mayiko omwe si a EU) ku misonkho ndi msonkho wowonjezera kuti athandize kulimbana ndi kachilombo ka corona.

Zinthu zomwe zaperekedwa kwa kanthawi kochepa zikuphatikizapo zophimba nkhope, zida ndi zopumira, ndipo nthawi yochepayo ndi ya miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, pambuyo pake n'zotheka kusankha ngati nthawiyo ikulitsidwa kutengera momwe zinthu zilili.

Potengera kuitanitsa masks kuchokera ku China mwachitsanzo, EU iyenera kuyika msonkho wa 6.3% ndi msonkho wowonjezera wa 22%, ndipo msonkho wapakati wa makina opumira ndi 20%, zomwe zimachepetsa kwambiri kukakamizidwa kwa mtengo wotumizira kwa ogula pambuyo poti akhululukidwa.