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		thisone on Feb 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It is cheaper to fly to US than buy Adobe software... though VAT makes up for some of the difference, it doesn't make up for nearly 1:1 USD:GBP pricing. If they can charge it, they will. That assumes all companies charging an extra percentage are actually paying their VAT bills as well.

nicholassmith on Feb 13, 2013 [–]

VAT is avoidable, but the tax man makes that sure that no one is going to.

However, corporate tax and a few other bits and bobs payable on overall revenue are perfectly avoidable if you channel it out and about.

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