vat
RSS vat£30m council outsourcing deal up for grabs
News The value of the deal is expected to be worth around £29m excluding VAT. The London Borough of Southwark is to outsource its IT operations in a five-year deal expected to be worth more than £30m. Southwark has outsourced... [03 Feb 2006]
Government ID fraud claims - are they all they seem?
News Missing trader VAT fraud totalling £215m a year at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has also been included in the grand total by the Home Office. Government claims that identity fraud in the UK costs £1.7bn a year have been... [02 Feb 2006]
Nokia's new CEO 'was fined for tax fraud'
News The paper said that Kallasvuo was stopped in September 2004 in Helsinki, en route from Switzerland, by officials who had been alerted by the Swiss authorities, when Kallasvuo claimed a VAT refund on his purchases in Zurich. [23 Jan 2006]
T-Mobile flying high with airport wi-fi
News It gives unlimited use at T-Mobile HotSpot sites across the UK for £23.50 (including VAT) per month. The rollout of wireless networks across the UK's transport system is continuing, with T-Mobile landing a contract with... [07 Dec 2005]
ASA sides with BT in Wanadoo war of words
News Wanadoo is charged £11 plus VAT by BT for the upgrade but said some of remaining £6.02 was passed onto the customers for Wanadoo's costs in administering the charge. A recent ad by Wanadoo blaming BT for its upgrade fee... [16 Nov 2005]
"Nightmare" tax credit IT system cost £236m
News The government has revealed that a total of £236m - exclusive of VAT - has been paid to both EDS and Capgemini for the IT systems behind the disastrous new tax credits system. She said: "The identifiable costs paid to... [27 Oct 2005]
Dot-eu registration begins in December
News The proposed cost for a domain name registration will be €10 plus VAT, which dot-eu administrator Eurid hopes to lower to €5 plus VAT in the second year. The European Union has announced that... [10 Oct 2005]
'We won't profit from Live 8 texts', says O2
News It said that the £1.50 fee was subject to VAT but is trying to recover this from HM Revenue and Customs. Arguments over the pricing strategy began on Friday, the same day Chancellor Gordon Brown offered to waive the... [06 Jun 2005]
Nokia unveils Linux-based web gizmo
News It will sell for $350 excluding VAT, or 350 euros including VAT, the world's biggest mobile phone maker said. Nokia has announced a pocket-sized web browser for wireless broadband networks, the Finnish... [26 May 2005]
EU sees 'potential' in e-government
News While e-services such as tax returns, online VAT, social security benefits, car registration and birth and marriage certificates have "huge potential" to save time and money, they are yet to present an improvement on... [18 Jan 2005]
Littlewoods brings Vertex outsourcing deal in-house
News The Vertex spokesman also denied that the move was any way connected with a court case against Customs & Excise that United Utilities lost over the amount of VAT payable on the services it supplied to Littlewoods through... [09 Dec 2004]
Will your Xmas bonus be a laptop?
News A loophole regarding the purchase of computer kit means bosses can buy expensive 'presents' for staff and even claim the VAT without incurring costly PAYE and National Insurance charges. Maugham explained that an... [16 Nov 2004]
Dell pulls out blades in Paris
News So, a Chassis with five blades would cost upwards of £6,380, while one with 10 blades would be at least £10,918 (all prices excluding VAT). Dell has belatedly joined its competitors in offering own-design blade servers... [16 Nov 2004]
UK's £3.35bn 3G tax bill to be refunded?
News The case centres around whether the prices that the operators bought their 3G licences included VAT. The five main operators who bought licences worth some £22.5bn in total have taken their case to court in the hope of... [06 Oct 2004]
O2 3G plans revealed at last
News O2's GPRS/3G data card will initially cost £110 ex VAT "for customers on high value data tariffs". O2 has fleshed out its long-expected 3G plans - though it seems to be in no hurry to catch up with launches from its main... [27 Sep 2004]
