[orwin]

VAT absolutely doesn't help. Companies don't pay vat by design. Wealthy people almost never pay VAT, unless it's a gift, because they own companies. My and a lot of my cousins never paid VAT on their school supplies, as they were bought by our uncles companies.

My sister cooked on a yacht for a company that lost money every year by selling their services at loss, before selling its assets to another company (who then hired her). The company did not pay VAT when they buy the yacht, the only moment the owners pay VAT is when they buy the yacht company 'services' (which are basically free).