A national organisation representing shoe repair service providers across France, the Fédération Française de la Cordonnerie Multiservice (FFCM), has welcomed a tax change.

On October 26, France’s lower house of parliament, the Assemblée Nationale, voted in favour of lowering the rate of value added tax (VAT) for repairs of shoes and leathergoods from 20% to 5.5%.

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