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Much as I appreciate an extra 2.5% in my pocket, I am slightly afeared of how many places the value 17.5 will have been hard coded in any of the computer systems I may now have to reprogramme. Not to many I hope.
This new VAT change will not change the price we're paying for everything of course, the majority of most people's outgoings are rent and energy and Jaffa Cakes and things, which are not taxed in this way.
pauly :: 2008 :: Comment / reply
Tell me about it, my expenses form is hard enough to fill in let alone trying to work out what tax rate goes where.
Imagine the poor newsagents and shopkeepers who have to go around and take 2.5% off the price of everything? OR, what will really happen, they'll keep all the prices the same and pocket the 2.5% as profit. Effect on the common man? Zero.
muddyfunkster :: 25 Nov :: 2008 :: Comment / reply
The effect looks small when you are just considering one item, but it all mounts up, it's all extra cash in circulation.
pauly :: 25 Nov :: 2008 :: Comment / reply
I suppose you're right, I must try to not be cynical. But it's hard, having worked for some of the banks that caused the trouble - and now I'm doing some work for the Tax Man so I'm a little too close to it all.
People of the world, keep buying stuff and things. And keep going on holiday so that Pauly can keep his lavish lifestyle. And buy some gig tickets too....
muddyfunkster :: 26 Nov :: 2008 :: Comment / reply
I thought of one place where money will be saved over the next year, if you buy any services were prices are quoted without VAT (IE I might get my heating looked at) then that could be a bill of hundreds or even thousands of pounds that I will be saving the 2.5% on... There's no reason for anyone to put their net prices UP in these cases, it would be sheer evil.
But YEAH! Buy tickets!
Sepalcure, MACHINEDRUM, Praveen Sharma12 , 22:00:00 at Sneaky Pete's/02/12 £5.00 Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh tickets
Don Giovanni in London16/02/12 £440.00 Royal Opera House tickets
Thea-Skot & Wormleighton: Obscure Surnames22 , 21:30:00 at Hen and Chickens Theatre/02/12 £6.50 Hen and Chickens Theatre, London tickets
Don Giovanni in London23/02/12 £97.90 Royal Opera House tickets
Static Jacks, Illicit Disco, Beat The Poet, Obscure Pleasures28 , 19:00:00 at O2 Academy Birmingham/02/12 £5.00 O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham tickets
The Civil Wars in Birmingham13/03/12 £79.20 HMV Institute tickets
The Civil Wars in Manchester16/03/12 £59.40 Manchester Academy 2 tickets
The Civil Wars in London19/03/12 £113.30 Shepherds Bush Empire tickets
The HPA Gaucho International Polo in London21/03/12 £132.00 The O2 tickets
The Civil Wars in Bristol22/03/12 £59.40 O2 Academy Bristol tickets
Orbital in Manchester05/04/12 £66.00 Manchester Academy tickets
Orbital in Leeds06/04/12 £101.20 O2 Academy Leeds tickets
Orbital in Glasgow07/04/12 £60.50 O2 Academy Glasgow tickets
Orbital in Liverpool08/04/12 £101.20 O2 Academy Liverpool tickets
Orbital in Cambridge09/04/12 £60.50 Cambridge Corn Exchange tickets
Orbital in London10/04/12 £77.00 Royal Albert Hall tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Manchester14/04/12 £82.50 MEN Arena tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Raw in Nottingham15/04/12 £99.00 Nottingham Arena tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Raw in London16/04/12 £93.50 The O2 tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in London17/04/12 £89.00 The O2 tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Sheffield18/04/12 £129.80 Motorpoint Arena Sheffield tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Cardiff19/04/12 £72.05 Cardiff International Arena tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Newcastle Upon Tyne20/04/12 £113.30 Metro Radio Arena tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Glasgow21/04/12 £116.60 Braehead Arena tickets
Rock for the Cure - Charity Music Event, CONCEPT, Tammy King, Rich McMahon23 , 19:00:00 at Birmingham Ballroom/04/12 £5.00 Birmingham Ballroom, Birmingham tickets
Kill for a Seat Comedy Club vs Dan Nightingale vs Paul B. Edwards vs special guests & cure for the common cold, Silky25 , 20:30:00 at Seven Artspace/04/12 £11.00 Seven Artspace, Leeds tickets
Cureheads, The Original Tribute To The Cure01 , 19:00:00 at 451636/06/12 O2 Academy Liverpool tickets
Cureheads, The Original Tribute To The Cure01 , 19:00:00 at O2 Academy Liverpool/06/12 £10.00 O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool tickets
2012 AirAsia British Grand Prix MotoGP: Weekend Tickets in Silverstone15/06/12 £127.05 Silverstone Circuit tickets
Cureheads (The Original Tribute to The Cure)15 , 18:30:00 at O2 Academy Birmingham/06/12 £10.00 O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham tickets
Cureheads (The Original Tribute to The Cure)16 , 18:30:00 at O2 Academy Islington/06/12 £10.00 O2 Academy Islington, London tickets
Hop Farm Festival 2012 in Kent29/06/12 £189.75 Hop Farm Country Park tickets
Cureheads, Original Tribute To The Cure29 , 18:30:00 at O2 ABC Glasgow/06/12 £10.00 O2 ABC Glasgow, Glasgow tickets
Cureheads, The Original Tribute To The Cure30 , 18:30:00 at O2 Academy Newcastle/06/12 £10.00 O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle tickets
An Evening, Paul Gascoigne22 , 19:00:00 at Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel/09/12 Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester tickets
New Years Eve 2012, Joe Longthorne31 , 19:30:00 at Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel/12/12 £90.00 Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester tickets
pauly :: 26 Nov :: 2008 :: Comment / reply
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