A total of 17,600 people have applied to join the Labour Party's court case against the government to get back the VAT they were charged on car registration tax.

Applications started being collected last Saturday and because of demand continued being received today.

A party spokesman said that the headquarters opened its doors to the public at 8 a.m. and although there were no queues, more than 1,500 had already applied by 10 a.m. Applications are being received until 5 p.m. The next step is for the applications received to be verified.

The PL's campaign was launched after EU Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs said that VAT should not have been charged on registration tax. The government insisted that only the European Court could decide the issue.

If the judgment goes against the government, anybody who has bought a car since 2004, including those who have not been part of the court case, will be eligible for a refund. This would set the government back around €50 million.

Another 14,000 applied last Saturday while 14 joined Alternattiva Demokratika in a similar court case. Other people are taking the government to court individually.

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