Why didn't the King of Bahrain explicitly say that he was the one who passed the law? Why didn�t the official newspapers say that the parliament's call for holding a tax law session was merely a nominal order to enforce the king�s will?

Consumer spending will dip and price inflation will rise in the immediate aftermath of the introduction of value added taxation (VAT) in Bahrain, according to the head of consultancy Ernst & Young�s VAT advisory services.