On 18/02/2015 07:55, scott wrote:
>>> And if they made a profit in the UK and paid tax on it, they would have
>>> to pass on a *little bit* more from their customers to HMRC. That was my
>>> only point.
>>
>> Okay. No deeper meaning then. :-)
>
> No none at all :-)
>
> But I guess a result of my point is that having the VAT collected in
> another country (eg if you buy a product online from another EU country
> and have it shipped here, if it's physical) is far worse for the
> government. For example IIRC eBay was "based" in Luxembourg or something
> so the VAT is only 15% on fees - the UK government must lose *a lot* of
> money because of that.
>

So there was a deeper meaning, then. ;-)
I had not thought of that. It would be quite hard to argue that local 
services should be taxed in another country. But I am sure someone is 
working on it, as we speak. :-)

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Regards
     Stephen

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