vat in comment and analysis
A litany of disasters has made shared services easy to swallow
Comment For example, the application of VAT for shared services can act as a major disincentive if that VAT is irrecoverable. Addleshaw Goddard's Paul Bentham explains how the new regime will work. Since the... [20 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.05.07
Round-Up Have these people never had their car serviced for a quoted £100, say, only to be hit by the hidden 'parts and labour', 'VAT', 'sales tax', 'added tax', 'mystery tax' and 'tax tax'? If, like the Round-Up, you always used... [25 May 2007]
Brampton Factor: Fighting e-crime
Comment Lately, organised crime has turned its attention to a very simple VAT fraud. A trader imports goods, free of VAT and sells them with VAT added. The trader disappears with the... [16 May 2006]
The Bloor Perspective: IBM v BHAL, location-based services and ecommerce VAT
Comment An EC Directive (2002/38/EC) concerning VAT levying arrangements came into effect from 1 July. What it does is remove the obligation for EU suppliers of electronic services (software, music, videos) - which can be... [11 Aug 2003]
Sue a rival: It's a recession proof business model
Comment Earlier, Freeserve said it is taking the UK Customs and Excise to the High Court, claiming a ruling that left AOL exempt of VAT is in breach of European law. Year-end is normally the time in a company's life when the... [13 Mar 2002]
A BT boon for 'broadband Britain'
Comment From today until the end of the year, getting ADSL will cost £74.99, including VAT for consumers, excluding VAT for business users. BT has cut the cost of installing ADSL in the UK. Well done. It's a... [18 Sep 2001]
Brown's Budget: Share and share alike
Comment Some industry watchers were hopeful that he would say something about VAT on digital products. And on the face of it, the chancellor has gone some way to address the demands of the IT industry. When silicon.com spoke to... [08 Mar 2001]
Brown must loosen tax shackles, says high-tech industry
Comment Cliff Stanford, founder of Demon Internet and serial entrepreneur, said: "VAT doesn't work for ecommerce. How would non-EC companies be made to register and calculate VAT? According to David King... [05 Mar 2001]
Transatlantic Cable: Apple has problems - so what's new?
Comment All well and good but for the fact that the DVD-R drive is only featured in one model: the Ultimate G4, which weighs in at a hefty £2,499 (excluding VAT) - far more than most families would expect to pay for a computer. [18 Jan 2001]
Brain drains and Nasty Nick Bateman
Comment It initially cost me £400-600 to set up my own company and since then I have enjoyed a reasonable living, paying my taxes and National Insurance, collecting the obligatory VAT, spending approx.six hours a week on the... [12 Sep 2000]
Net profits: taxing the Internet
Comment There are two key challenges facing the government: VAT (value-added tax) on the consumer, and corporation tax for businesses. This month the Inland Revenue (IR) and Her Majesty's Customs & Excise (C&E) are due... [05 Nov 1999]
A Budget for entrepreneurs?
Comment That's on top of a raft of other business measures, such as cutting tax on corporate mobile phones and sensible VAT adjustments. The UK government's 1999 Budget introduced changes in three key areas designed to help... [19 Mar 1999]
ANALYSIS: VAT - Virtual Added Tax?
Comment More pressing is the issue of VAT, which really could be resolved this week. Only European countries charge VAT on sales. Andrew Nutman, Senior Manager, Indirect Taxation Group, Deloitte & Touche,... [07 Oct 1998]
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