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

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Neven

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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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

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

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