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The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) chose the reduced VAT rates as the subject of an evaluation, since they represent a largely untransparent form of subsidization. Foodstuffs constitute the highestturnover group of goods and services subject to the reduced tax rate. The SFAO carried out the evaluation in the framework of a working group of the organization of the highest-level audit authorities in Europe, which has also analyzed this issue. 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