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Government ignore plight of small, medium sized businesses

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:37:37 -0500

The Labour government ignores the plight of the so called small and medium sized businesses at their peril. Forgotten amongst the many problems facing the UK economy are the 3.6m SME’s, many of which are struggling to make ends meet and the g

Validate UK VAT Number in VBA

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:18:29 -0500

Haven’t posted in a while so I thought I would add something random in. This function will validate a UK VAT number using the check digits (the last two characters). The VAT number is passed as a string and it will remove the hyphens if they

MwSt

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:55:22 -0500

MwSt is the abbreviation for Mehrwertsteuer, which is also known as Umsatzsteuer (USt). This is the equivalent to VAT in the UK. At present, MwSt is 19% for most items in Germany, with some items such as basic foodstuffs and books being only 7%.

Getting Quotes for work - what's the story with the VAT?

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:32:00 -0500

I’m guessing that most people know this fact, but I’ll put it before you again – shops and service providers when quoting prices, fees or charges, must give their total price which must include all applicable charges and taxes.I only bring this

E-governance in Meghalaya

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:12:31 -0500

Shillong, Sep 13 : The National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Department of Information Technology, Government of India, has taken up various software projects in Meghalaya. Computerization of Transport Department (VAHAN Software) has been imple

The United States Loads Up for Tuesday’s China Trade Talks

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:54:57 -0500

Representatives from the United States and China will meet Tuesday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California, to discuss a full docket of trade issues that will no doubt include China’s massive trade surplus, the apprecia

the Compaq Presario CQ50-106AU hell - Part III, the fine points of this laptop - a pictorial view

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:01:46 -0500

I had written about my experiences about the purchase of this laptop in two other parts, Part 1 and Part 2. Now that the hell has just blown over, I am left with upgrading this laptop to MS Vista, and to add another GB of RAM. For now enjoy these sna

the Compaq Presario CQ50-106AU hell - Part II, getting the laptop to work with Windows XP drivers

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:35:10 -0500

In my earlier post, I had specified my experiences on purchasing a Laptop. Let me take you through the second part of this hell, bringing up the laptop from being a FreeDOS system to be able to use one of our very one MS-OSes - Windows and more windo

the Compaq Presario CQ50-106AU hell, my laptop purchase experience in Bengaluru

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:49:12 -0500

Its been a while I blogged, and the reason was that I was very occupied with my work I will write about what was so important in a separate post, but in the meelee, I would want to describe my laptop purchase experience - nothing short of hell. Brand

VAT may be scrapped on electrical goods repairs

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:25:12 -0500

VAT may be scrapped on electrical goods repairs The cost of repairing electrical goods has been deemed to be too high by The House of Lords Science Committee. The effects of extortionate repair costs are being seen on scrap heads around the country t

Example VAT Invoice Template for UK Couriers

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:42:59 -0500

Following on from my recent post What Details Need to Appear on a VAT Invoice for Courier Services in the UK? I thought it might be useful to supply an editable invoice template to illustrate exactly what’s needed and to maybe provide a starting

Cyberally

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:26:15 -0500

The last protest rally I attended was against child labor two months ago. Today, I just joined another. But this one is in cyberspace - a virtual rally against the VAT or value added tax. Let your voice be heard. Makibaka! Join the “cyberally

What Details Need to Appear on a VAT Invoice for Courier Services in the UK?

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:32:59 -0500

There are strict, but thankfully very simple, rules for what needs to appear on a VAT invoice in the UK. To satisfy HMRC you need to include on your invoice: The date of issue of the invoice. A sequential number that uniquely identifies the invoice.

Pagkakitaan ang mga bisyo, di ang langis

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:12:38 -0500

Pinoy Gazette Hulyo 27, 2008 Sa gitna ng magkasunod na krisis sa bigas at patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng gasolina, nagmamatigas ang gobyerno na hindi dapat tanggalin ang value added tax (VAT) na pasanin kung ituring ng maraming Pilipino. Bakit di n

The Gloria Fan

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:01:55 -0500

People, specially those whose opinions get easily swayed by the media, call me a Gloria fan and although I don’t consider myself a fan, I think there is nothing bad with being tagged as one. Besides, Gloria is a hardworking president. Her polic

Buwis at ang pulitika ng pangingikil

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:09:09 -0500

N.B. - This will be published in the August 1-7, 2008 issue of Pinoy Weekly. Hindi nabigyan ng kaukulang atensiyon ng midya ang HB (House Bill) No. 4268 na inihain ni Rep. Exequiel Javier (Antique) noon pang Hunyo 4. Sa unang tingin, may magandang

Gloria The Savior and the Strategy Beyond 2010

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:34:00 -0500

Why is the government bent on collecting more VAT when suspending it for a few months seems a plausible solution to the people's dilemma on high food and oil prices? And why is government persistent in its subsidy plan when all indications show that

The Controversy Over Oil VAT (Visceral and Astigmatic Thinking)

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:07:00 -0500

Populism is anything panacean. Popular political demand has it that lifting VAT on oil prices will provide automatic relief to consumers. No quibble on that- yes “automatic and short term relief” that is. But the thinking STOPS here! Look at

VAT-Man: The Dark Days

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:10:21 -0500

Even before the movie “Batman: The Dark Knight” is officially shown in Philippine theaters, the Arroyo Government, intentionally or not, already has its own version of the story. The title – “VAT-man: The Dark Days”. The film will start rol

Can we have GST-free music and DVDs also?

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:17:54 -0500

The HMV music store chain in Britain has hatched an interesting tax avoidance music selling plan by setting up an off-shore online store. HMV is extending to its high-street stores a controversial VAT-avoidance scheme that it currently operates sole