Trump administration threatens UK with tariffs if Boris Johnson imposes taxes on tech giants
21/01/2020
Digital services levy due to be imposed on web-based firms like Facebook and Amazon from April.
Decision on British overseas territory comes less than two weeks after UK left bloc.
Listing sends signal that turning Britain into a low-tax island ‘will not be acceptable to the EU’.
HMRC says millionaire owes money for inheritance tax liability on Ukip donations.
The British government has been ordered to pay the European commission’s legal costs after being successfully sued for granting City traders a tax break without EU permission.
Rishi Sunak reportedly planning to open bidding for towns, cities and regions to become designated zones where UK taxes and tariffs will not apply.
Brexiter Ineos boss, who has an estimated £17.5bn fortune, officially changes tax domicile.
Irish consumers are planning on buying Irish after Brexit and many have already switched from UK websites due to concerns around consumer rights.
Specialist retailers across the EU have stopped selling goods to the UK due to the tax rules involved in delivering to Britain after Brexit.
Some EU specialist online retailers have said they will no longer deliver to the UK because of tax changes which came into force on 1 January.
Taxes worth £800m go unpaid as border checks relaxed to keep traffic flowing after Brexit
21/01/2021
Up to 200 trucks turned back a day for having wrong paperwork, MPs told.
A leading skateboard distributor has set up another business in the Netherlands to avoid paying tax twice on exports after Brexit.
One consumer asked to pay £140 in fees says she ‘won’t order anything from Europe again any time soon’.
UK overseas territories such as Cayman Islands also may lose protection once afforded by UK’s EU membership.
Pricewatch: Shoppers waiting weeks for deliveries despite buying from Irish domains.
Brexit may kill London as a luxury shopping destination, with scrapping of tax rebate on purchases likely to put off international customers
08/02/2021
Worried that EU visitors post-Brexit would start claiming back value added tax on luxury purchases, the UK scrapped its rebate on the tax. / This makes the UK the only country in Europe not to offer such a rebate and makes Paris and Milan more attractive, as customers can save thousands of euros.
New visa rules, taxes and transport restrictions are some of the hurdles British dance and theatre organisations must now overcome to tour Europe.
Brexit was hailed as an escape from the ‘red tape’ of the EU, however ecommerce businesses are learning that selling into the EU comes with more Brexit red tape than they ever had to deal with before.
New delays to post-Brexit import controls announced despite tax evasion and smuggling fears
11/03/2021
Businesses had warned of Northern Ireland-style disruption to trade if yet more red tape was imposed.
For many sellers on Amazon, Brexit is causing significant problems. Last week my company decided to attempt our first shipment into one of Amazon’s European fulfilment centres since Britain left the European Union on 1 January 2021.
Vote Leave chief Matthew Elliott, who is credited with several successful political crusades, is on the Free Market Forum's advisory board