Re: Tax exemptions, was: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind.
Hi, it’s now been established that the Apple store made an error. The Idevices aren’t solely designed for disabled people and therefore wouldn’t be covered under the exemption. Apple themselves have now also confirmed this was an error and thatthey have breached UK tax laws. Peter From: harmony.n...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 5:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tax exemptions, was: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind. Don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but I've heard that all the apple products blind people in the UK can be exempt from VAT or whatever it is if they buy fom the Apple stores. All their products except the iPhone itelf apparently. I don't know why or if it's true, but that's just what I was told by a friend a few days ago. On 31 Dec 2012, at 5:34 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi List, The topic about taxes on Apple products especially in the UK where there is a very high VAT has come up again and again over the last couple of months. I just wanted to comment that it should be up to organisations like the RNIB in the UK, the CNIB in Canada, the NFB in the States and so on to sort this out with the government. In a way I would argue that even though a Mac or an iPhone is not specifically made for the blind, Apple has invested a lot of money and effort to make it into a device for the blind and, as a rule, a much less expensive device than products specifically designed for the blind. This could be easily regulated by setting straight forward rules for when a person could obtain a tax exemption, e.g. it could be done by providing a certificate from a Doctor stating that the person really is blind and entitled for the exemption. You would then take this to the Apple Store to get your product without paying taxes. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Tax exemptions, was: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind.
Hi List, The topic about taxes on Apple products especially in the UK where there is a very high VAT has come up again and again over the last couple of months. I just wanted to comment that it should be up to organisations like the RNIB in the UK, the CNIB in Canada, the NFB in the States and so on to sort this out with the government. In a way I would argue that even though a Mac or an iPhone is not specifically made for the blind, Apple has invested a lot of money and effort to make it into a device for the blind and, as a rule, a much less expensive device than products specifically designed for the blind. This could be easily regulated by setting straight forward rules for when a person could obtain a tax exemption, e.g. it could be done by providing a certificate from a Doctor stating that the person really is blind and entitled for the exemption. You would then take this to the Apple Store to get your product without paying taxes. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Tax exemptions, was: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind.
Don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but I've heard that all the apple products blind people in the UK can be exempt from VAT or whatever it is if they buy fom the Apple stores. All their products except the iPhone itelf apparently. I don't know why or if it's true, but that's just what I was told by a friend a few days ago. On 31 Dec 2012, at 5:34 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi List, The topic about taxes on Apple products especially in the UK where there is a very high VAT has come up again and again over the last couple of months. I just wanted to comment that it should be up to organisations like the RNIB in the UK, the CNIB in Canada, the NFB in the States and so on to sort this out with the government. In a way I would argue that even though a Mac or an iPhone is not specifically made for the blind, Apple has invested a lot of money and effort to make it into a device for the blind and, as a rule, a much less expensive device than products specifically designed for the blind. This could be easily regulated by setting straight forward rules for when a person could obtain a tax exemption, e.g. it could be done by providing a certificate from a Doctor stating that the person really is blind and entitled for the exemption. You would then take this to the Apple Store to get your product without paying taxes. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Tax exemptions, was: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind.
we don't have this in the USA! It sounds like a good program! Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Tax exemptions, was: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind.
to add to this I wonder if the assistive devices program aka adp will ever cover things like the iphone or any other apple products. from Mich. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 12:34 PM Subject: Tax exemptions, was: You can by apple products in the UK VAT free if your blind. Hi List, The topic about taxes on Apple products especially in the UK where there is a very high VAT has come up again and again over the last couple of months. I just wanted to comment that it should be up to organisations like the RNIB in the UK, the CNIB in Canada, the NFB in the States and so on to sort this out with the government. In a way I would argue that even though a Mac or an iPhone is not specifically made for the blind, Apple has invested a lot of money and effort to make it into a device for the blind and, as a rule, a much less expensive device than products specifically designed for the blind. This could be easily regulated by setting straight forward rules for when a person could obtain a tax exemption, e.g. it could be done by providing a certificate from a Doctor stating that the person really is blind and entitled for the exemption. You would then take this to the Apple Store to get your product without paying taxes. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
