Dublin coffee shop shutters due to 'broken system'

The cost of cutting Vat for food-led businesses alone would come to around €545m, according to Tax Strategy papers published earlier this year

On its Instagram page the business said the 'current trading environment is near impossible'.

Perch Coffee is among the hospitality businesses to shutter its doors permanently due to high costs, fuelling further pressure from lobbyists on Government to reduce Vat. 

The small coffee kiosk on Leeson Street is nestled in one of the capital’s most corporate areas, surrounded by offices including cloud-based customer service platform Zendesk, social media site LinkedIn, and professional services firm Morgan McKinley.