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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000kzx7/the-schoolgirl-who-helped-to-win-a-war#:~:text=The untold story of 13,to the Battle of Britain.

Biased much? 😛 Quire an interesting documentary. The Browning was the worst gun available - but the only that could be installed in to 4 locations on each side of the plane... and was right on the limit of “acceptable” firepower - as proven by the maths.

yeah, it would have been 1948 before the paperwork was complete.

I thought it was all those bouncing bombs.

Indeed. I was reading the reports this morning where English companies aren’t prepared to foot the shipping concerns into Ireland. Im sure a lot of people were hearing about the border to Ireland on the news and not paying much attention... but we are 3rd in their list of export destinations. And we rely on them heavily for food stock.

The one about the school girl doing the maths behind the 8 Browning guns that downed all those Germans?

Yeah, I get what you are all saying but... 2 World Wars and one World Cup! Rule Britannia!

Or maybe the future that the majority couldn’t figure out would be inevitable...?

He’d adapt and not worry too much.

There you go. All more expensive - and all the costs will be passed onto the consumer. A lot of Bass Directs stock is from small boutique manufacturers too... that don’t want the overheads of dealing with the UK. As much as I feel wrong saying this, if BD sell a lot to Europe, it would be in the manufacturers interest to find a comparable operation within the EU to bypass the red tape to reach their EU based customers.

No worries. One if my biggest disappointments is that the folk of the UK were given a vote on a subject in which they are not qualified or informed enough to do with any credibility. If you had cancer, would you take advice from a doctor who is an expert in the field, or Bob, who’s “done his research”? Just out of interest, what is your line of work? You may be surprised how these changes could impact you, you just don’t know yet.

Sorry. I’m just guessing what the official response will be.

Don’t be silly - they are just victims of the pandemic.

Yup. I think your last words sum it up. So imagine that the UK miraculously turns itself into a manufacturing powerhouse... where are the raw components coming from?

I’m not sure what we’ve gained right now? Its like we’ve just looked down the end of a shotgun and pulled the trigger...?

And interestingly enough, a massive proportion of UK famers voted for Brexit, despite their business not being viable without the EU subsidies.

It was a joke! Funnily enough, check out the bit at the bottom of this page - https://www.dutchbikebits.com/shipping

Boost the economy, spend, spend, spend!

Australia aren't in Europe.

So basically, you are saying we are as clueless as the people that voted for all this shower?

Royal Mail are way down in the pecking list where the collection of money is involved. So in reality, the f### up is you actually receiving nothing after paying through the nose for everything. Oh and have fun trying to reclaim the tax on the items that you haven't actually received... because that's up to the vendor dealing with HMRC to recover the money before they can push it back to you. I mean, the company could pay you back and bridge the gap whilst they wait for the money back from HMRC... but you. know, companies go bump.

Nope. Once CDS (CHIEF replacement) is up to to speed with it all, combined with Connect, tax collection is going to be a lot easier for HMRC. But as I say, they still need goods to collect tax on. And if none of this means anything to you, they are the HMRC tax import and export systems and fraud detection system. Have a wiki. Enjoy

That's exactly the opposite of whats going to happen. No business is going to become liable for tax fraud by not collecting the tax. HMRC have a record of every item coming in. No record of tax being paid on that item number, HMRC can go knocking straight at the door of the vendor. A hell of a lot easier than tracing all the individuals that are not paying tax on the received goods. In one way, it addresses tax evasion... however, you have to have goods (and that means people that are willing to put up with the BS) in order to collect tax. There's a lot easier ways for HMRC to start claiming higher tax revenues. Like stopping the loop holes for the likes of Amazon... and stopping ministers like Robert Jenrick doing under the table tax deals that denies HMRC money.

You got it. Feels good, don't it?

Here's an example from a small independent, based in Australia that ships clothing worldwide. CHANGES TO UK VAT CHARGES FROM 1 JANUARY 2021 From 1 January 2021, the UK Government will require VAT to be paid upfront for any parcels £135 or less coming into the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, this means that we will need to charge UK customers the VAT on all orders with the value of £135 or less before we are able to ship them. Please note: The £135 threshold is calculated on the product cost only. However VAT is charged on the full order amount which includes the shipping costs calculated at checkout. We are working as quickly as possible on an automatic solution at checkout, however, in the meantime, we will manually send any customers with a UK shipping address who place an order for an amount of £135 or less an additional invoice for the VAT via email, which will need to be paid within 7 days of placing your order. Once this invoice has been paid, our Warehouse team will continue to ship your order as per usual. This change will affect orders placed in our system from 12.00am (AEST) 1 January 2021. If your order is placed before this time, you will not be required to prepay VAT even if your order is not shipped until after 1 January 2021. All orders are charged in $AU. The UK Government requirement for pre-paid VAT is only mandatory for parcels with a value of £135 or less. Parcels with a value above £135 will still be liable for VAT and may be liable for additional customs charges (duties) after their parcel arrives. So - there is currently a manual overhead on each order to the UK... every order coming in has to be checked to see if it's bound for the UK. The item(s) is/are picked and then held. Then, an invoice has to be manually raised for the extra payment. Then the payment has to be tracked manually before the item can be shipped. The invoice may never be paid and the whole transaction has to be backed out and the items returned to the inventory. If payment is received, the good can be shipped out. From an accountancy point of view, all the UK transactions have to be taken in isolation because the money that is collected into the bank account is HMRC's, not the company - and hence has to be dealt with manually by the accountant. Now imagine if every country demanded a "right to trade with us tax" like the UK. Most companies would be under in weeks, unable to keep up with the paper work and tracking the finances. Of course, all this needs could be fixed with software - but that is an additional tax. And it's not the business that has changed anything - but will be brunting the cost of the "privilege" of dealing with the UK. In short, a lot of businesses - and I'm talking mainly about the small businesses here - just won't bother. Again, the big corporates will just absorb it and continue to get bigger and bigger.