<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Thanks Matt, mybe I was being too specific, yes, ROI items were charged at the 15% rate.</DIV> <DIV>Time to close this thread, back to the technical ones. Regards, Michael<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 5/3/09, Matt Jones <I><matt@mattjones.me.uk></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Matt Jones <matt@mattjones.me.uk><BR>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules for member States and more!<BR>To: mikezz1011@yahoo.com, "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com><BR>Date: Thursday, 5 March, 2009, 2:21 PM<BR><BR><PRE>On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:10 PM, mike daniels <mikezz1011@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am not qualifed to comment on EU VAT on intercompany busines, My point > was, if an individual purchases goods from an EU State, the VAT rate of that > State is applied, so for example, a purchase from Polaland is at the 22.5% > rate. > > --- On Thu, 5/3/09, Angelos Chatzikostas <angeloscha@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Angelos Chatzikostas <angeloscha@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules for member States and more! > To: mikezz1011@yahoo.com, "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > Date: Thursday, 5 March, 2009, 2:04 PM > > 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@yahoo.com> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------- > orion@UK for now.... > http://www.orion.gr > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > As dell customer you would pay the rate of VAT of the county that the product is purchased in, for the UK 15%. When dell had a factory in ROI you didn't get charged the ROI Rate. It doesn't make any difference where the product is actually made. If I orderd a machine from poland, and had it shipped to the UK then I would pay the polish VAT rate, the same as if I had gone there and bought it in person. Mj. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>