Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by claudius on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @04:22AM
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So you’re upset that your tax evasion scheme is now no longer possible and you have to pay taxes?
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
by blibble on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @05:48AM
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VAT has an explicit zero rate band in the same way income taxes do
having less turnover or income than the value at which you move above the zero rate band is not evasion
low income people aren't evading taxes by not earning enough to be liable to pay them
the significant problem is now the fact that I have to register for VAT domestically if I want to to sell to people in other EU countries
before if my turnover was below ~£70,000 I paid no VAT at all due to the exemption (giving me a competitive edge vs. big companies with better economies of scale)
after the new regulations if I make any EU sales I have to either fill in VAT returns for EU member state I've sold to (not feasible, that would be hundreds of VAT returns/year in many languages), or register for domestic VAT which will handle that for me, but kills my business model
the EU Commission doesn't see this as a significant problem, likely as it is a beneficiary of VAT (the VAT being an EU mandated tax)