With inflation riding high and the recession taking a toll on Islanders’ pockets, the long debate over whether GST should be levied on food has been reopened by Chief Minister Ian Gorst, who said in a pre-election survey that he wanted food exempted from the 5% sales tax.
And as the battle of VAT on sausage rolls and Cornish pasties rages in the UK, Senator Gorst has told the JEP that he wants to put together a working party to look at options for removing the tax on food.
