[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 27/11/2008 19:42:19 GMT Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hair splitting... You still don't pay any VAT. Hence the success of > play.com and jersey.tesco.com to buy VAT free DVDs and CDs. > > > > There has been pressure put on the Channel Islands to 'discourage' > British companies from setting up off-shore retail business purely to > avoid the > payment of VAT and getting an 'unfair advantage' over other UK firms > (the government expression, not mine). > > Certainly Guernsey has declared that unless a firm has historic links > with > the island then they will be required to close down their operations > by a > certain date. The official line from the Bailiwicks is that off-shore > retail businesses such as jersey.tesco.com reflect badly on the > reputation of the islands. I leave you to speculate why the Channels > Islands are really shutting down these businesses while still > allowing others to set up nominee businesses to > avoid tax. ;-)
I just noticed this on "jersey.tesco"... "Tesco Jersey prices do not include VAT, as the Swiss authorities do not charge VAT on goods purchased for direct export" I didn't know that thay had moved Jersey... :-) Trust the Swiss to cash in.... Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
