In relation to the VAT (Custom and Excise) the milk man will knock on your door at 5am , the VAT man will just walk/break in. The VAT man does not need a court order (unlike the police) to enter any premises if they feel you or a company have broken the VAT laws. What this means in practice is that you better pay your VAT bills. Owe TAX and the taxman can't take your tools of the trade away (make sure you remember that and tell the judge) and you can deal with the courts to pay back what you owe. Owe the VAT man and he can remove ALL you equipment/House/Studio etc and sell it for what he wants. If this does not cover what you owe him, then you are in big shit. Have heard and seen many time of people owing the VAT man say 20,000 pounds and having thier equipment sold (valued at far more than this) for as little as 1000 pounds and still owing outstanding VAT. Remember the VAT man needs no invite or court order to say hi to your personaly- you have been warned. or in other words owe the Inland revenue not the VAT.
Sorry to be a downer but dealt with the VAT in the UK for 15 years - Now in South Affrica - same system (copied from the UK/Europe) have kept to the same rules. Cheers Stuart Baynes Stuart Baynes Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.foodphotography.co.za =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
