Coffee is expensive and a new tax is not helped by entrepreneurs. The state does not support us but exploits, – SME
11. May 2025 at 13:17
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The price of coffee is influenced by a number of factors.
Žilina. The impact of the transaction tax can affect the already expensive coffee in Slovak cafes.
Its prices began to rise significantly in early November 2024.
« They reached crazy heights, in the percentage of the previous year they raised an average of 74 to 111 percent. This trend continued even after the new year and actually to this day, although it seems that the price has stabilized in the last few weeks, which means that it remained at the highest possible prices. »
In his words, even new collections do not indicate that the price of green coffee should move down. The hints are rather the opposite.
A new tax also waved their economy with their economy
In addition to other usual factors, the resulting numbers can also affect also transaction taxthat has been valid since the beginning of April.
« Coffee prices will certainly affect the transaction tax by adding a 0.4 % transfer tax to each invoice. If you are a ´Len ‘royal or coffee importer, you are working with a larger amount with a lower margin where a transaction tax is lost by part, » continues Galuška Pražiar.
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Similarly, Erik Šimšík, co -owner of the Goriffee, who has a place in several Zilina operations, talks about the difficult situation.
« With the current setup of business in Slovakia it is a bare survival. At external pressures such as climate change Whether a imminent recession because of US duties, we do not feel any support from the state, but exploitation, ”he recalls, adding that the prices of green coffee are still around the historic maximum.
They fit with prices to make the customer not suffer the shock
As Šimšík explained, they have increased at the beginning of the year and are currently trying to cover increased prices as far as possible. According to him, it is not possible to fully reflect the price increase into consumer prices without the fact that customers do not suffer from shock.
“But this increases the tension on our side, we will see how prices will be evolved especially in the context of coffee collection in Brazilthat is just starting, ”he says. In the café for legislative changes, prices increased by about ten percent in April.
As Galuška pointed out, the amount paid by the customer is trying to reflect at least.
They lose hundreds of euros
In the case of a transaction tax, several cafes have found a certain solution in cash. « Dear friends, please pay in cash, so you will help us bypass the high fees that our state invented in the transaction tax law, » she said on its social network café Café republic v Žilina Even in the first half of April.
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