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Belgium reduces VAT for purchasing AED

Published:
11 Oct 2017
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indoor , outdoor , swift , plus , solid plus , solid plus heat
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Belgium, AED, defibrillator, BTW, VAT, Government,

Belgium wants to encourage the purchase of an AED. The government is taking an important step by reducing the VAT from 21 to 6 percent and no longer determines a defibrillator as a luxury product!

Belgium now counts 10,000 AEDs compared to the 100,000 from neighbour the Netherlands, which also uses a 6 percent tax rate.

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