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Old 30th May 2022, 09:22   #11
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If you are a business you need to know the price without VAT, all part of your input/output account for VAT.

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Why do people quote VAT as a plus to any price in the motor trade as if it's a crowning achievement, it's a NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- meaningless tax for ripping off the public, why don't they just say the cost was 336 GBP. We all know VAT is payable!!.
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Old 31st May 2022, 09:03   #12
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Why do people quote VAT as a plus to any price in the motor trade as if it's a crowning achievement, it's a NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- meaningless tax for ripping off the public, why don't they just say the cost was 336 GBP. We all know VAT is payable!!.

And if I remember correctly (all the way back to the 70s, when we were promised the Earth if we voted to join the EU), wasn't VAT a European tax, in which case it should now be cancelled...?
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