[ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules for member States and more!

[Angelos Chatzikostas]

There is no VAT in intra EU transaction. But the importer has to pay the VAT
in customs. That is ofcourse applied to companies and not individuals...

I think UK has to see more friendly the EU ...


Thanks


2009/3/5 mike daniels <mikezz1011 at yahoo.com>

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>    I was educated before we bacame part of the EU.
> The EU allows all member States to use their own system of measurement and
> currency!
> Interesting that a contributor wants computer weights stated in kilos!
> Some years ago, trading standards prosecuted traders for selling goods in
> pounds and ounces instead of kilos.
> Are UK speed limmits defined in miles/hour or kilometers/hour?
> Also, the EU rules state that items manufactured in an EU state and sent
> from, are liable to the VAT rate of that State, so when Dell transfer
> production to Poland later this year, the VAT rate should be 22.5%?
> It will be interesting to see if the increased VAT rate is passed on as
> increased product prices.
> I am sure that many of you will have already seen how VAT rates vary,
> according to what State items are purchased from?
> Why does the building industry use the millimetre as the standard of
> measurement, and businesses such as Maplin think that the unit of current is
> the milliamp.
> A 1000 millimetre worktop or a 2200 milliamp battery are incorrect
> expressions of measurement.
> If imperial measurements present problems. a Kilo is 2.2 lbs!
> ........and we still dont get paid in Euros in the UK!
> Regards, Michael
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