Food catering establishments paid €234 million in VAT in 2025 – Finance Minister

Food catering establishments paid a total of €234.2 million in VAT in 2025, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said in Parliament. This, he said, means that the PN's proposal to reduce the VAT rate to 7% for these establishments would reduce the government's VAT income from this sector to around €143 million. Caruana was responding to a Parliamentary Question