The hotel and Restaurant Association Dehoga Baden-Württemberg had entered the Hofbräu tent on the Spring Festival loaded. For once, landlords and hoteliers should be served instead of being served. But since time immemorial, people have not only eaten and drunk in the beer tent, but also made politics. And it never hurts to draw attention to yourself and get your point across. Just after a pandemic that has hit the industry to the core. High losses
Twelve billion euros, “a complete annual turnover”, net, mind you, “we lost in Baden-Württemberg alone during the Corona years,” said Fritz Engelhardt, Chairman of Dehoga Baden-Württemberg during his speech. Unsurprisingly, 5,000 hospitality businesses have given up. There are still 25,500 companies, “and many of these had to reduce their opening hours due to the difficult situation on the job market, through more days off or even the cancellation of the lunch service”. affects rural areas in particular: there are more villages without a village inn, and with every village inn that closes, a piece of culture disappears.”
What to do as well? Well, Engelhardt has some suggestions. Reducing bureaucracy, facilitating immigration, better tourism marketing. Above all, however, he demanded: “No tax increase!” On July 1, 2020, the federal government had passed away as Corona aid VAT on food reduced from 19 to 7 percent. Passes away is limited until the end of this year. For Engelhardt it is clear: As in 23 of the 27 EU countries, “we need a permanent 7 percent VAT for pass away gastronomy!” Fear of higher VAT
An increase would hit the industry to the core. “Competitive wages and investments in climate protection would no longer be affordable because the earnings situation no longer provides that” and banks are already no longer giving loans because it is unclear how things will go with VAT. So far there have been cost increases for energy , wages and groceries through the reduced tax rate. “These reserves are gone”, an increase would have to be passed on to customers. This would slow down demand, drive more landlords into ruin and, as a result, not only hit the suppliers, but also the finance ministers. Less sales, more bankruptcies, that also reduces tax revenue.
What does politics say
It was prepared for the visit from state politics. For Manuel Hagel, parliamentary group leader of the CDU, Sascha Binder, Secretary General of SPD, Anton Baron, parliamentary group leader of the AfD, Hans-Ulrich Rühlke, parliamentary group leader of FDP, the question did not arise as to who was the cook and who was the waiter: They supported Dehoga’s concern to leave the VAT rate at 7 percent. It was trickier for Andreas Schwarz, chairman of the Green n, pass away were skeptical up until now. And remain so. According to the motto, a lot of enemies, a lot of honor, Schwarz said: “The 7 percent were intended to bridge the gap, but we don’t get the 7 percent in the long term.” Male had to be economical with the state’s money. That brought him derisive laughter, Boos, and whistles. “Seven! Seven! Seven!” chanted the visitors. A decision will be made in Berlin
How to proceed now? Passes away will be decided in Berlin. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has spoken out in favor of a permanently reduced value added tax in gastronomy. Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) wants to support passes away. The Greens are obviously against it. It will be interesting to see how the coalition proceeds. But there is one thing in common: in restaurants and in politics, not everything is eaten as hot as it is cooked.
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