Beware, EU purchases. Tax and handling fees
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It's been 18 days* since Brexit and there's a global pandemic on. Travel to the UK is severely restricted.
Now I voted to remain and I still think leaving was a mistake. But even I think that protesting transport delays in industry after such a short period is 'a bit much'.
*Or is it 17/19? I'm terrible at these fencepost problems
Now I voted to remain and I still think leaving was a mistake. But even I think that protesting transport delays in industry after such a short period is 'a bit much'.
*Or is it 17/19? I'm terrible at these fencepost problems
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To put the fishing industry into perspective, it's worth less to the UK economy than Harrods.
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So the chocolate ration might go up? Yay.Kneerly Down wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:21 pm No.1 son is now getting c.90% of his raw chocolate from the UK rather than Belgium.
It is the same Cacao as when he was getting it from Belgium and is just as good...it's even made by the same company, who invested £24m in UK manufacturing at the start of last year. As it's closer to market and more efficiently produced it is costing barely half of what it did when sourced from Belgium.
One of his larger competitors was also using movement of its chocolates in bulk outside the UK then sending them back for individual deliveries, reducing the effective VAT charge, that was then being paid outside the UK and giving them a competitive advantage by adding about an extra 1500 food miles to the product.
The change to companies having to register for UK VAT closed this bizarre advantage and adds to UK revenues.
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I didn't even know we grew chocolate in the UK TBH
Well technically I did know, but I doubt Reading Uni is producing much.
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news-archive/ ... 19676.html
Well technically I did know, but I doubt Reading Uni is producing much.
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news-archive/ ... 19676.html
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No-one grows chocolate!
Also, say, if he is importing his drinking chocolate from a MFN nation (excuse the tautology), as part of the EU we had to impose 8.30 % + EA MAX 18.70 % +ADSZ, in accordance with the Meursing table.
It is now a lower, and much less complicated 8%.
The UK's global tariff is simpler and lower than the one we had as part of the EU.
We removed the 'inconvenience' tariffs that were lower than 2% (IIRC) and simplified others, reducing the average tariff with the rest of the world by about a sixth of what it was as part of the EU.
Also, say, if he is importing his drinking chocolate from a MFN nation (excuse the tautology), as part of the EU we had to impose 8.30 % + EA MAX 18.70 % +ADSZ, in accordance with the Meursing table.
It is now a lower, and much less complicated 8%.
The UK's global tariff is simpler and lower than the one we had as part of the EU.
We removed the 'inconvenience' tariffs that were lower than 2% (IIRC) and simplified others, reducing the average tariff with the rest of the world by about a sixth of what it was as part of the EU.
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He still has an unconditional place for a Food Science degree at Reading Uni, but they said he's already doing what they'd look for their graduates to do, so why pay the money and spend the time....in so many words.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:49 pmWell technically I did know, but I doubt Reading Uni is producing much.
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That's an indictment of the UK's tax system if a company could profit from an export then import system that costs the exchequer.Kneerly Down wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:21 pm
... using movement of its chocolates in bulk outside the UK then sending them back for individual deliveries, reducing the effective VAT charge, that was then being paid outside the UK and giving them a competitive advantage
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To be fair to fisherman, they do work hard.
Some lads graft hard, some lads sell nosey...
Some lads graft hard, some lads sell nosey...
To a kid looking up to me, life ain't nothing but bitches and money.
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It was an indictment of the EU tax regime as it was the mandated EU system that allowed such a scheme to operate.
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Presumably, if it was an EU-wide system, manufacturers in other countries did exactly the same?Kneerly Down wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:01 pmIt was an indictment of the EU tax regime as it was the mandated EU system that allowed such a scheme to operate.
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I bought a Wahoo kickr direct. Delivered today with no extra cost. Was stuck at Stanstead for a while waiting to clear customs. I have been waiting 3 weeks for a delivery from Jack Wolfskin who are a German company. Lots of delays at the moment.
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I voted Brexit, but even I expected some short-term pain for long-term gain.
Two weeks is not long enough to judge.
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What, is the mule under guard while they wait for them to pass through?
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If you are a high volume manufacturer selling relatively inexpensive items (like boxes of chocs), yes, you could.
As it was, as a small manufacturer, my son's business was at a competitive disadvantage.
As part of the EU the UK couldn't close it down.
The UK having pretty competitively priced bulk mail/parcel delivery probably helped the big boys also.
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Damn the EU that consumers chose the cheaper alternative?Kneerly Down wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:39 pmIf you are a high volume manufacturer selling relatively inexpensive items (like boxes of chocs), yes, you could.
As it was, as a small manufacturer, my son's business was at a competitive disadvantage.
As part of the EU the UK couldn't close it down.
The UK having pretty competitively priced bulk mail/parcel delivery probably helped the big boys also.
And the supplier who moved, could they have established in UK regardless of brexit?
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I don't blame consumers for choosing the best value, but when that 'value' is established by the ability of a multinational to avoid charging VAT that the smaller domestic firm has to charge, that is not a good thing for the country. Sending food on a >1000 mile journey for the purpose of avoiding VAT isn't great for the environment either.
Maybe they would have, but they wouldn't, without Brexit, have been able to import raw ingredients into the UK at the new, lower, tariffs.
Maybe all bad things are because of Brexit and all good things are despite Brexit?
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The member states set VAT rate. EU only establishes a base. Economies of scale are alwsys going to impact the small guy.Kneerly Down wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:33 amI don't blame consumers for choosing the best value, but when that 'value' is established by the ability of a multinational to avoid charging VAT that the smaller domestic firm has to charge, that is not a good thing for the country. Sending food on a >1000 mile journey for the purpose of avoiding VAT isn't great for the environment either.
Maybe they would have, but they wouldn't, without Brexit, have been able to import raw ingredients into the UK at the new, lower, tariffs.
Maybe all bad things are because of Brexit and all good things are despite Brexit?
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This isn't about economies of scale. It is about tax avoidance, that has been closed as a result if Brexit.
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Didn't you say it was just being paid elsewhere, rather than in the UK? That's not avoidance. Paying less tax in a legal manner sounds like good business sense.Kneerly Down wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:56 pm This isn't about economies of scale. It is about tax avoidance, that has been closed as a result if Brexit.
Presumably that company's product is now more expensive as a result?
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