it doesn’t. the taxes for dining in at restaurants has been lowered to 7% so they have lowered their prices to undercut their competitors
Taxes were lowered with the start of this year. Restaurant food is now 7% VAT instead of 19%
They are just using that to advertise, telling you that you now have to pay less for a Happy Meal.
They claim (don’t know if correctly) to have passed the lowering of VAT for restaurants to the customer.
The tax already got lowered and they forward this to the customer…means kids menu is cheaper now than last year.
The tax rate for restaurants is lowered. This advertisement just tells you it is also lowering their prices.
Germany permanently reduced the VAT (value-added tax) on restaurant food from 19% to 7% starting January 1, 2026. This tax cut applies to all food served in restaurants, whether dine-in, takeaway, or delivery, but beverages still remain at 19% VAT. So it is not that McD wants the tax lowered (to be discussed^^) but advertising that the food is cheaper now because of the tax change
You misunderstood the message. The state taxes for restaurant services were lowered at the start of this year. McDonald’s is advertising to you, that they give back the difference in reduced tax to you as a customer.
I’m not going into the entire debate how this entire tax reform was lobby-controlled by McDonald’s and other giants to begin with. But if you are interested you could look that up, too.
If this is recent then it’s likely referring to the lowering of VAT for Gastronomy. McDonalds is advertising that they are passing the savings on to the customers – if they’re actually doing that I cannot say, most restaurants are not however.
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it doesn’t. the taxes for dining in at restaurants has been lowered to 7% so they have lowered their prices to undercut their competitors
Taxes were lowered with the start of this year. Restaurant food is now 7% VAT instead of 19%
They are just using that to advertise, telling you that you now have to pay less for a Happy Meal.
They claim (don’t know if correctly) to have passed the lowering of VAT for restaurants to the customer.
The tax already got lowered and they forward this to the customer…means kids menu is cheaper now than last year.
The tax rate for restaurants is lowered. This advertisement just tells you it is also lowering their prices.
Germany permanently reduced the VAT (value-added tax) on restaurant food from 19% to 7% starting January 1, 2026. This tax cut applies to all food served in restaurants, whether dine-in, takeaway, or delivery, but beverages still remain at 19% VAT. So it is not that McD wants the tax lowered (to be discussed^^) but advertising that the food is cheaper now because of the tax change
You misunderstood the message. The state taxes for restaurant services were lowered at the start of this year. McDonald’s is advertising to you, that they give back the difference in reduced tax to you as a customer.
I’m not going into the entire debate how this entire tax reform was lobby-controlled by McDonald’s and other giants to begin with. But if you are interested you could look that up, too.
If this is recent then it’s likely referring to the lowering of VAT for Gastronomy. McDonalds is advertising that they are passing the savings on to the customers – if they’re actually doing that I cannot say, most restaurants are not however.