Lower VAT rate for tourism sector may be safe, Noonan suggests
The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, has rowed back on previous comments suggesting the lower VAT rate for tourism industries would be scrapped.
Michael Noonan had hinted during a Dáil debate that the 9% levy for the hospitality sector will revert back to 13.5% on January 1, 2014.
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