JD Wetherspoon主席敦促英国首相削减酒吧的食品税, 以降低6000万英镑的劳动成本。 Chairman of JD Wetherspoon urges UK PM to cut food taxes for pubs to ease £60m labor costs.

JD Wetherspoon主席Tim Martin呼吁英国首相降低酒吧的食品税, Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, has called on the UK Prime Minister to reduce food taxes for pubs to ease rising labor costs of £60 million expected in April. Wetherspoon报告过去25周销售额增长了5.1%,食品销售额增长了5.6%,但Martin认为,目前20%的酒吧食品增值税给超市带来了不公平的优势,因为超市从零增值税中获益。 Wetherspoon reported a 5.1% increase in sales over the past 25 weeks, with food sales up 5.6%, but Martin argues the current 20% VAT on pub food gives supermarkets, who benefit from zero VAT, an unfair advantage. 他敦促将增值税税率平均化,以支持酒吧。 He urges equalizing VAT rates to support pubs.