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It’s over! The final word from RAVAS Spokesman Richard Allen.

Posted on November 16, 2011 by lvcradmin

At the bottom of this posting is the song I listened to when I had to close my mail order company The Freak Emporium, in December 2007, after 16 successful and ...

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Guernsey Retailers Threaten Legal Challenge to UK’s ‘Discriminatory’ Removal of LVCR

Posted on November 10, 2011 by RAVAS

A group of retailers headed by a Health supplement mail order company is threatening to take the UK Government to Judicial review over the removal of ...

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Major LVCR Retailers Sell Up as UK Government Prepares to Deal Final Blow to LVCR Abuse.

Posted on October 4, 2011 by RAVAS

A recent article in the Mail On Sunday confirmed that the drop in LVCR to £15 is far from the final measures that the UK Government intends to introdu...

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Channel Island VAT Loophole To Close Within a Year

Posted on August 3, 2011 by RAVAS

According to an article in the Daily Telegraph the EU has told the UK that the Channel Islands VAT Loophole is an abuse of EU law and that the UK is within its ...

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EU Commission Makes It’s Position Clear on LVCR Abuse

Posted on April 15, 2011 by RAVAS

The European Commission, the body that polices EU law,  has made its position clear on the abuse of LVCR in the Channel Islands in a letter to RAVAS. Refer...

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About

VATloophole.co.uk is run by Retailers Against VAT Avoidance Schemes (RAVAS) a group of UK based Internet and high street retailers affected by VAT free mail order.

Further Reading

  • Get in Contact
  • Richard Murphy's page on LVCR
  • Wikipedia Article on VAT relief

Links to LVCR in the Media

  • BBC – Channel Islands VAT-free CD Exporters Face Threat
  • BBC – Pressure mounts on Channel Islands' VAT loophole
  • BBC Jersey – UK Budget is the 'Beginning of the end' for 'fulfilment industry'
  • BBC News – VAT 'loophole' to go under review
  • BBC Radio 4 – ‘The World At One’
  • Businesslife.co – The End of LVCR
  • Channel 4 News – CD Loophole cost rising to more than £150m per year.
  • Channel Islands make last bid to save VAT-free music retailing
  • Horticultural Week – Retail horticultural businesses operating out of the Channel Islands to see reduced tax relief.
  • Mail On Sunday – Osborne To End Unfair VAT Dodge
  • Mail On Sunday – Tax loophole that costs small firms billions expected to be closed by Chancellor
  • Music Week – FSB Complains to EU re LVCR Abuse
  • Music Week – Music retail hopes for UK Government action on VAT
  • Music Week – Retail group predicts December decision on VAT loophole
  • Telegraph – Treasury Tightens Noose on Offshore VAT Exploiters
  • The Daily Mail – Counting the Cost
  • The Daily Mirror – How the Channel Islands VAT loophole makes us all poorer
  • The Daily Mirror – Osbourne Tackles VAT Scam
  • The Daily Mirror – VAT's the end of VAT, then?
  • The Daily Telegraph – Channel Island VAT Loophole To Close This Year
  • The Daily Telegraph – FSB calls on EU to end VAT loophole
  • The Guardian – Barclay twins join tax-haven CD retailers
  • The Guardian – Boom in sales of tax-free CDs casts doubt on Treasury claims
  • The Guardian – Brussels looks for lost VAT in the Channel
  • The Guardian – Budget 2011 : Chancellor moves to close online VAT Loophole
  • The Guardian – Crackdown on Channel Islands VAT loophole
  • The Guardian – George Osborne to clamp down on internet VAT dodge in budget
  • The Guardian – HMV distributors denied credit insurance
  • The Guardian – Number of Independent Record Stores increases for First time in a Generation
  • The Guardian – Offshore companies that holed HMV below the waterline
  • The Guardian – Tesco resurrects online VAT dodge despite Jersey's action to halt 'sham'
  • The Guardian – The hidden cost of online shopping
  • The Guardian – Wishing you a VAT-free Christmas
  • The Guardian – Zavvi name sold to online retailer
  • The Independent – Budget to close Jersey's hidden mail order VAT Loophole
  • The Mail Online – HMV Boost as Tax Loophole shut
  • The Telegraph – Businessman's Fight to Stop Tax Loophole Taken up by Lords
  • The Telegraph – Channel Island Retailers Involved in Postal Scam
  • The Telegraph – EU Expects more changes to Channel Islands VAT Loophole
  • The Telegraph – Horticultural Companies face restrictions on VAT Loophole
  • The Telegraph – Retailers urge further action against Channel Islands tax loophole
  • The Telegraph – Treasury to review tax relief for low-value imports
  • The Telegraph – UK Retailers Criticise Guernsey Government

Recent Posts

  • High Court Decision Confirms End of Channel Islands LVCR Abuse and Clarifies State Power to Exclude Mail Order Goods from LVCR.
  • RAVAS intervenes in Channel Islands attempt to overturn LVCR Legislation
  • It’s over! The final word from RAVAS Spokesman Richard Allen.

Excuses

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