Workers said they will start bulk buying groceries to avoid paying more on individual low-cost items that are rounded up due to a lack of change. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Workers said they will start bulk buying groceries to avoid paying more on individual low-cost items that are rounded up due to a lack of change. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE

UAE workers buy in bulk to beat VAT as small purchases prove too costly

The men said they will avoid buying individual low-cost items to avoid paying more than 5 per cent than the pre-VAT price

Ramola Talwar Badam
Ramola Talwar Badam

January 06, 2018