VAT Loophole to close?

[Chevyman]

I wonder where the larger online retailers will ship from next?
BBC News - Treasury to close loophole that allows VAT-free DVDs

The Channel Island economies may be affected too

[dremble wedge]

The problem has been that the Channel Islands are treated as being outside the EU for VAT purposes.

Presumably then the Isle of Man would be the next port of call.

[GRAEME]

Hmm. How about counting the Channel Islands as part of the UK for INCOME TAX purposes, then?

Thought not.

[Windthrop]

Hmm. How about counting the Channel Islands as part of the UK for INCOME TAX purposes, then?

Thought not.

The Charlie Hungerfords wouldn't like that

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[Steve Crook]

Hmm. How about counting the Channel Islands as part of the UK for INCOME TAX purposes, then?

Thought not.

The Barclay brothers wouldn't like that

Steve

[CaptainWaggett]

Ahem! I think you're legally obliged to call them the 'reclusive' Barclay brothers...

[Moor Larkin]

The Charlie Hungerfords wouldn't like that

Fings aint wot they used to be.......

The number of wealthy individuals applying to live on the island has dropped dramatically in the last 40 years, with fewer than five applications per year in the last few years compared to nearly 70 per year in the early 1970s.
Jersey tempts the rich with revised tax policy - Telegraph

Island people, says Nicolas Sarkozy, can't understand the subtleties of European integration......

[Mark O]

The problem has been that the Channel Islands are treated as being outside the EU for VAT purposes.

Presumably then the Isle of Man would be the next port of call.

Presumably, though in this enlightened age shouldn't the Isle of Man be called 'the Isle of non-gender specific'?.............I wouldn't be at all surprised if the PC-brigade demand that the city of Manchester be renamed 'Personchester' as well!

[CaptainWaggett]

The 'man' in Manchester actually means 'breast'. Sounds quite girly to me

[bruiser15]

Etymology for Isle of Man is very varied and complicated, but has very very little if anything to do with gender

Origin of the name Man

Isle of Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mark O]

The 'man' in Manchester actually means 'breast'. Sounds quite girly to me

So it does Cap'n!...........I've just ascertained Manchester's etymology from Wiki, it's true, one learns something new everyday, better not tell the likes of Germaine Greer though.

Manchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Steve Crook]

The 'man' in Manchester actually means 'breast'. Sounds quite girly to me

Except that men have breasts as well. They are often beaten in public displays of anguish

Steve

[CaptainWaggett]

Except that men have breasts as well. They are often beaten in public displays of anguish

Steve

You have the breasts of a river-goddess?

[Steve Crook]

You have the breasts of a river-goddess?

I have a decent pair of man-boobs

There's a difference between breasts and mammaries.

Steve

[didi-5]

I can see this thread has already taken a downhill turn towards Sillyville!

[icetorch]

Etymology for Isle of Man is very varied and complicated, but has very very little if anything to do with gender

Apparently the Queen is Lord of Mann and Duke of Lancaster. But that's Mann with two "n"s. "Mann" = "Isle of Man", as in: On Mann we do things our own way.

She's also Duke of Normandy - i.e. the Channel Islands.

[Steve Crook]

I can see this thread has already taken a downhill turn towards Sillyville!

It's a fun place to spend most of your time

Steve

[Tonch]

It's a fun place to spend most of your time

Steve

I prefer Sillyville to The Isle Of Man, where the cats have no tails, men have breasts and everyone has three legs.

[Tonch]

Apparently the Queen is Lord of Mann and Duke of Lancaster. But that's Mann with two "n"s. "Mann" = "Isle of Man", as in: On Mann we do things our own way.

She's also Duke of Normandy - i.e. the Channel Islands.

So who is Norman? And who is Andy?

Anyway wasn't Duke John Wayne, not Burt Lancaster?

And wasn't Jon Lord in Deep Purple, not Queen or Manfred Mann? And wasn't it Sinatra who did it his way?

And I thought Channel was a perfume?

[icetorch]

I prefer Sillyville to The Isle Of Man, where everyone has three legs.

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Oh, does Jake the Peg live there? Of course, if you've got three legs, that means you must also have yet another (shorter) extra limb. (You know - the one that does a Nazi salute when you see someone you fancy).