Ke manaʻo nei kekahi hui o ka moku'āina Duma e hoʻokomo i kahi ʻauhau waiwai ʻole (VAT) no nā hale kūʻai pūnaewele e kūʻai aku ana i nā meaʻai a me nā huahana meaʻai ʻole.
Ua waiho ʻia ka bila no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka hale haʻahaʻa o ka pāremata Lūkini. "ʻAʻole i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia nā mea kūʻai pūnaewele ʻē aʻe ma ka mana o Rūsia, ʻaʻole lākou e uku i ka VAT, akā loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā mai ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kūʻai mai Lūkini," wahi a ka wehewehe wehewehe. I ka manawa like, uku nā mea kūʻai pūnaewele Lūkini i ka 20% VAT, kahi e waiho ai iā lākou i kahi kūlana kūlike ʻole i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā haole, manaʻoʻiʻo nā mea kākau o ka bila.
I ko lākou manaʻo, ʻo nā pōmaikaʻi i manaʻo ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kālepa pūnaewele kūloko a e ʻae i nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai i nā waiwai i nā kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū me ka ʻole o ke kipa ʻana i nā hale kūʻai, he mea nui ia no ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino i ka wā maʻi maʻi.