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Except, as per Pitney-Bowes in the States, whoever is collecting the VAT and sending the package on to the UK would be required to inspect the contents of the package to confirm that they are what the declaration says they are. They won't do that without some sort of fee.
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Lothian
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It is called import VAT. it is not a sales tax. Sales taxes are different. VAT replaced UK sales tax in 1973. Import VAT is a VAT. It works in the same way as VAT charged by a UK shop.
VAT is paid at stages in the supply chain reflecting where value is added. The clue is in the name. Seriously it takes 30 seconds to understand the basics. Look it up. Learn something!
p0lka
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Thanks for that, my dad and his side of the family were all born in ireland, i wasn't but that would indicate I'm still entitled to an irish passport.
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If VAT is levied on imports it is to make sure the imported goods get the same tax treatment as goods produced locally in order to prevent a distortion of competition
And no, VAT is not a sale tax because tax payers are entitled to deduct from the TVA they owe to the State because of their sales the VAT they have paid on their purchases and on their imports.
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abaddon
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The UK has deployed partition in various parts of their former empire. It has never worked.
One might be forgiven for thinking that they might review that position in light of it's universal failure, but they won't.
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I rather like this bit:
DAVID CAMERON ENTERS.
DAVID CAMERON: OK.
DAVID CAMERON SCARPERS.
On the plus side, Cameron is now making hundreds of thousands of pounds at speaking engagements and for access to his Outlook address book, so at least there's good news for someone... (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/29/what-is-david-cameron-doing-now),
Totally unrelated, but this came as a total surprise:
"In contrast, Gordon Brown made more than £1m from giving speeches and writing memoirs after leaving his job as Labour prime minister, but gave the money either directly to charity or to help the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown fund charity work."
Dave Rogers
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I have one nagging worry about this. If it turns out that the process of leaving the EU is so complicated as to be impossible in practice, then the statement that "we could leave the EU any time we want to" isn't exactly correct. Unfortunately, there's a recipriverse excluson involved here (to borrow a Douglas Adams term for something that's defined as anything other than itself); if it turns out that we can't leave the EU, then the leavers had a point that our sovereignty was limited, whereas if it turns out that we can, then it turns out that they didn't. Either way, the only possible option is the wrong one.
Dave
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Hasn't it? I'm sure many people in the partioned countries would disagree.
What do mean? The UK will be out of the EU in less than 6 months; nothing complicated about it.
Dave Rogers
Bandaged ice that stampedes inexpensively through
It must be nice living under that rock.
Are we in or out of the customs union? If we're out, what happens to the Irish border? Does it break the Good Friday agreement, and if so, does the IRA reform and decide it's time to start making trouble again? If we're in for two years then out, all that's happened is that the can's been kicked down the road a bit. And if we're in indefinitely, then we haven't actually left. And if none of those is acceptable and we leave without a deal, what happens ot the Irish border?
"Nothing complicated about it" is a ridiculous claim.
Dave
No he is quite right in the sense he was using. It is very straightforward, we are out of the EU on that day. Everything that relied on our EU treaty then disappears in a puff of smoke.
Of course were that leaves us is the worst of all possible places....
Lothian
should be banned
Birmingham?
The EU has issued Brexit preparedness notices over a year ago. The UK government has finally managed to put together and release some of its own in the last few weeks. There is no big secret about this.
No deal, no customs union.
It will be an international border between the EU-member Ireland and the UK. I wouldn't care to guess what Ireland decides to do about it.
I don't see how the agreed cooperation can be continued across such a border. So, probably.
Who knows but the peaceful path seems a more promising road to unification.
An earlier leave date would have required a withdrawal agreement. There is no legal way to skip the 2 year negotiating period without an agreement.
That's not an option on the table.
Next March 29, at midnight, the UK will be out of the EU. No further action is required. No agreements need to be made.
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In which case, we're ******.
Still, watching the BBC News just now, the sad tiny shower of pro-Brexit cockwombles waving signs outside Downing Street is amusing.
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the answer is that it is difficult but not impossible to leave and needs to be carefully managed. Unfortunately the people we have in charge of it couldnt manage a pee without flooding the bathroom.
if you actually want to leave you do it in a controlled and staged manner. that would probably mean maybe 3 to 5 years of being in the EEA or something. We would put in place the things we need to and negotiate with the EU sensibky in achievable positions.
Unfortunately Brexit has now simply become a matter of pure obstinance for some who simply want us out as soon as possible no matter the damage.
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