Seen this posted on TMP:
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=369131
'As things stand, in around 12 month's time, similar regulations may
be applied to ALL cross-border sales. So, if you live in Ireland, and
order some miniatures from Bill Bloggs 28s, VAT will be chargeable on
those minis even if Bill Bloggs has a business with a turnover way below
the UK VAT threshold of £81 GBPK.
And
Bill Bloggs will have to register for VAT whether he likes it or not,
and keep records of all his EU transactions for 10 years, and so on.'
If's that's the case, then whether I like it or not it would end all possibility of any Garrison sales outside the UK from that point.
And possibly inside the UK as well:
"Even worse, they intend to expand the scheme to cover all online
shopping, even for physical goods, by January 1st 2016; so this might be
one of the last Christmases where you can shop at micro businesses
online."
Ain't life wonderful.
I think many small suppliers would just give up - it could be the death of many hobby based enterprises, not just wargaming. Can anti-hobby actually be a political priority?
ReplyDeleteSad thing to hear, as this might be the end for some small business in the hobby.
ReplyDeleteI know the issue. Here in Germany we also had to establish a proper business licence to keep our small business afloat.