My Local Gazette

When getting close to some of the authoritarian garbage churned out by many government officials and companies, I am left in despair about our future as individuals.

To a visitor from Mars it must look like we are continuing the Cadbury’s ‘Smash’ picture of many years ago. This time however it is real - not a comic-cut.

This is when I wish my name was Matt Cutts, just to be able to command everyone’s attention on the subject. Even he recently was guilty of humorous? mis-information.

This is the first of a series on how we get suckered.

Value Added Tax.

This is the bane of all living in the now expanded European Union of 27 Nations. Population around that of USA. Not small then eh!
The EU in its Greed and Confusion cannot agree on a standard rate for this TAX - But Can agree that almost anything we buy on-line has to be taxed for purchasers living in the EU.
Software has been set-up to help all those companies selling to us to identify where we live and take the money - one assumes on behalf of the local country and pays it to them?

This assumption was tested recently by one of our editors who was shocked to learn from one US supplier that they did not pay the money collected to anyone. ‘There is no system in place to do that’, was the overall conclusion. Wowee…..

What happens to the money? You’ve guessed it!
THEY JUST KEEP IT AS BUNCE.

Just where is the “VALUE ADDED”?

That’s a question perhaps for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs?
- Commonly referred to officially as HMRC.
(Not sure Her Majesty approves of this?)

If this is true it brings me back to a much earlier point I made in another place about Clickbank.

Whilst continuing research on this, I would also point out that even using Paypal through many of these suppliers you still get charged for VAT. This can add up to 25% to your purchase cost.

However Paypal being a ‘Bank’ does not add it if not told to by supplier.

Watch out for this latest wheeze to get your money.

Would love to hear your stories about this and other possible ‘black-holes’ your money disappears into.

I will be continuing this series under the category “Legal Robbery”

Peter Heavey

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