Let Them Eat Gateau au Chocolat for Less
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The French feasted on bargain boeuf bourguignon and cut-rate coq au vin as restaurants slashed prices for the day to lobby national and European Union authorities to lower taxes on eating out.
About 5,000 restaurants chopped 5% off bills to show how much customers would save if the value-added tax, or VAT, on eating out was cut to the lower rate that fast-food outlets are charged.
France’s interim government has pledged to standardize the restaurant VAT at 5.5%, compared with the 19.6% currently charged by sit-down restaurants, but it still needs a go-ahead from the EU.
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