Carpet price. Misled over verbal price given as it didn't include VAT

zoob

smjxm09 wrote: »

I said just over £800. If you want the actual price it is £839.58


To me honest I would rather have no replies than pointless comments. This is just a question about consumer law and whether a retailer does not have to display prices of products in show and VAT. Simple question I would have thought.

Only trying to help, sorry I wasted your time

smjxm09

I think my mistake was giving too much information. Lets forget about carpet.



General question.


Does a retailer have to show prices for products on display?


Does a retailer have to state that their price excludes VAT when either displaying a product or when verbally giving a price?

But he wasn't displaying a price, you had to ask

The law says prices for consumers must be DISPLAYED as a VAT Inc price.

Pedantic I know, but the law can be very pedantic

Thanks for that reply:T

prowla

From the government...


https://www.gov.uk/tax-on-shopping/where-you-see-vat

Where you see VAT

In shops

Any VAT due is already included in the price of something you buy in a shop. No tax is added when you pay.

prowla

unforeseen wrote: »

But he wasn't displaying a price, you had to ask

The law says prices for consumers must be DISPLAYED as a VAT Inc price.

Pedantic I know, but the law can be very pedantic

Well, being pedantic...


The government site states that you must display the price and include VAT; it does not say that you don't have to display the price and can then verbally give a non-inclusive price.


https://www.gov.uk/product-labelling-the-law

Rules for retailers

If you’re a retailer, you must display:

• the price of products - this must be in sterling (pounds and pence) and include VAT where applicable

unholyangel

Consumer Contract (Information, Cancellation & Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.

Before you are bound by the contract, the trader needs to provide you certain information. Part of that information is:

(c)the total price of the goods or services inclusive of taxes, or where the nature of the goods or services is such that the price cannot reasonably be calculated in advance, the manner in which the price is to be calculated;

00ec25

smjxm09 wrote: »

General question.

Does a retailer have to show prices for products on display?

Does a retailer have to state that their price excludes VAT when either displaying a product or when verbally giving a price?

general response: why are you unable to operate Google?
https://www.gov.uk/tax-on-shopping/where-you-see-vat