So much is going on I am having problems covering it all. So let me just point at this important Guardian story on the ongoing saga of the Channel Islands, vat
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Richard Allen, who has tirelessly campaigned against VAT abuse from the Channel Islands, and who has won his campaign to end this abuse, has signed off his blog dedicated
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A Guernsey company is threatening to demand a judicial review in the UK of the decision to end Low Value Consignment Relief from Guernsey and Jersey in April next year to
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As the BBC reports in Guernsey this morning: A reduction in VAT relief on parcels sent to the UK from outside the EU [introduced today]
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Much of Europe wants a financial transaction tax (FTT). The reason why is obvious: they need the money. The UK is adamant it will have no such
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From Channel Online, yesterday: Channel Television can reveal that Jersey’s fulfillment industry have been warned that Low Value Consignment Relief could be reduced or even
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There was a recent discussion on this blog about the history of Low Value Consignment Relief – the VAT system that has been systematically abused
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The following was announced this morning on TechRadar: Play.com, one of the UK’s biggest e-tailers, has announced that it is to be bought by Rakuten, a Japanese
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It seems worth reproducing the following exchange from Hansard this week in full: Jonathan Edwards: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he
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