VAT coming to apps and digital downloads :(

MrMoonX · 23 Mar 2014 at 20:26

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/23/app-store-um-price-increase/

The latest shaft from the government came in the budget which from 1st Jan 2015 means google, apple, amazon etc. can no longer avoid VAT which means all our apps etc are gonna go up 20% next year

Thanks Gideon

MrMoonX · 23 Mar 2014 at 20:29

Ok but it's still an increase = bad

MrMoonX · 23 Mar 2014 at 20:51

It's not just companies avoiding tax as Vat is paid for by consumer, this is only going to hurt consumers not businesses

But yet they still don't do anything about their fatcat party funders with offshore everything

MrMoonX · 23 Mar 2014 at 21:22

Dolph said:
Given the position of the OP on government spending I find his tax objections incredibly hypocritical. I guess you really are someone who wants to get the government to spend more of other people's money...

No I'd like the government to stop letting poor and sick people die whilst letting their rich mates off on massive tax bills and get big public sector contracts, all for a party donation it seems

Anyway this is about VAT on non-physical items, which really shouldn't be happening