[Glawen]

Remember that everyone is paying VAT, so yes little income are also taxed

[Moissanite]

I feel like we need a progressive VAT, which differentiates necessities from luxuries. Probably too complex to implement though.

[stu432]

We do already, there's several VAT values, necessities are supposed to be VAT free for instance. Has some quirks in it, so you end up with the Jaffa Cake Vs Biscuit debacle - https://www.astonshaw.co.uk/news/jaffa-cake-tax/#:~:text=The....

[Moissanite]

I was aware of the biscuit thing, but think it should just be rolled out more widely. We sort of have that with luxury cars, but an across the board increase of VAT to 30% on high-end goods is really what going for - defining luxury goods is left as an exercise for the reader.

[stu432]

Pretty comprehensive list here, https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-of-vat-on-different-goods-...

[ChuckNorris89]

Many countries have progressive VAT. In my country food is half the VAT of consumer goods while medicine and books have zero VAT.

It's definitely not that difficult to do.

[midasuni]

I pay hardly anything in vat other than a few luxuries.

Food Rent Public transport

No vat on those

Electricity is only 5%

A few quid a year on vat on toothpaste hardly makes a difference.