[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Paul Sture]

On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:32:53 +0100, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:

> ChrisQ wrote 2011-12-06 13:21:
>> On 12/05/11 19:10, JF Mezei wrote:
>>
>>
>>> And by taxing at the source, it is a lot simpler than taxing
>>> everything at retail.
>>>
>>> (and yes, this also means taxing oil and coal imports).
>>
>> Yes, it would be simpler and cost less to collect, but there would be
>> less tax revenue
>> since the raw material often has a lot of added value by the time it
>> reaches the consumer.
>>
>> I don't think the us has vat and everyone hates it where it's used, but
>> does have the
>> advantage that the tax is directly related to the the value of the
>> goods at final sale...
>>
> 
> I think many (most?) US states has "sales tax". I often see on eBay
> sellers saying that "citicens of <some US-state> pays x% sales tax"...
> 
> We have a 25% VAT on most goods and fosile fules has some extra "energy
> tax" and "carbondioxine tax" added on top of that.
> 
>  > ...and everyone hates it where it's used
> 
> And exatly what is that based on ?
> 
> We have no major problem with the VAT...

The UK seems to have an outdated view of the complexity VAT introduces 
for a small business, IMHO anyway.

With the availability of decent book keeping software, it simply isn't 
the burden it was when doing the books manually.

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Paul Sture