Specifically, the association has reviewed the evolution of a total of 676 prices in Alcampo, Aldi, Carrefour, Dia, Eroski, Lidl, Hipercor and Mercadona from December 30 to January 3.
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Facua-Consumers in Action has denounced before the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) to eight strings of distribution for not passing on the VAT reduction to all foods affected by the measure announced last week by the Government of Spain to alleviate the impact of inflation on food.
Specifically, the association has reviewed the evolution of a total of 676 prices in Alcampo, Aldi, Carrefour, Dia, Eroski, Lidl, Hipercor and Mercadona from last December 30 to January 3.
Facua has detected in its analysis that in 52 cases a reduction in the price equivalent to that of VAT has not been applied. A) Yes, 34 prices are identical that at the end of the year, 11 have not passed on the entire tax reduction and seven are even higher.
The consumer association has specified that this is the first phase of the price monitoring campaign that it has launched and that it will continue to develop over the coming months.
In this sense, remember that establishments cannot raise the prices of food affected by the VAT drop at least until the end of April, a period that will be extended by two more months if the underlying VAT for the month of March is not below 5 ,5 %.
According to the report, the percentage of irregularities ranges from a very low 1% for Mercadona and Hipercor to 17% for Dia, followed by 10% for Carrefour.
Source: Eitb
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