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I've just been thinking of how much some of us must spend on gardening over the course of a year in terms of compost, bagged composted manure, Tomorite, tools, mower servicing, etc and realised that virtually all of it is VATable . I've just decided that if VAT is likely to rise to 20% in January as is forecast by many, the bringing forward of non-date expiry gardening purchases, mower servicing, etc. could probably save a few pounds. Reminder to self: must get those domestic repair jobs sorted out, the mower serviced before Christmas rather than in January and buy that compost and Tomorite now!
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That's a good idea, thanks to the bankers we are all going to be taxed up to the eyeballs. Thinking of food, if we are helping emissions by producing our own, we should press our MP's for those things to be vat free. I am starting a gardening method that needs no fertiliser or compost, will be using the home grown compost for seeds and seedling plants only.
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