Posts by John_Smith

Helen Fospero makes yet another Brit telly presenter to win IR35 case against taxman

Re: "Good with money"?

You really think that is true, and not them simply giving you the civil service equivalent of 'fuck off'?

Tesco parking app hauled offline after exposing 10s of millions of Automatic Number Plate Recognition images

Re: Bastards

"The first time a shop ever tries to send me anything like that, not only will it be challenged by every ounce of my being in every way conceivable (hey, it's a hobby of mine) but I will avoid the chain in perpetuity."

Be more imaginative.

Pop in and fill a trolley with chilled and frozen food, then change your mind about wanting it so just abandon it, so when they find it has to be thrown away.

Rinse and repeat until bored.

Cu in Hell: Thousands internetless after copper thieves pinch 500m of cable in Cambridgeshire

Cottenham, hmmm

Not exactly rocket science where the police can find the thieves then, but do they want the aggravation of assembling a 500 strong riot squad to do so.

Crowdfunding scheme hopes to pay legal fees for Marcus Hutchins

"the 23-year-old isn't that well off"

I suppose that depends on your definition of "well off" but he certainly didn't seem to be short of a few bob when he was staying in a $1500 a night villa and renting a Lamborghini.

Ex-Apple bods suing Apple for bag searches get class-action upgrade

But does every retail chain in America carry out the search in the employee's time like Apple?

Top Euro court ends mega ebook VAT slash in France, Luxembourg

"Some of the sales 'platforms' don't give IP address and some don't require the user to give a physical address."

If it the service is sold through a platform is that a problem?

If the platform operator sets the general terms and conditions, or authorises payment, or handles delivery/download of the digital service, the platform is considered to be supplying the consumer, and they are responsible for accounting for the VAT payment that is charged to the consumer.

Whitehall at war: Govt’s webocrats trash vital digital VAT site

Re: Small business are packing up because of it!

The distance selling rules relate to goods, not services. Digital downloads are services, so the thresholds for distance selling is irrelevant.

As your link says "there are no distance selling thresholds for electronic services to consumers under the new 2015 MOSS VAT rules".