Comments on: purchasing more downloads from Ireland VAT zone http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/13/purchasing-more-downloads-from-ireland-vat-zone/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: creacog http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/13/purchasing-more-downloads-from-ireland-vat-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-713 creacog Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:03:37 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=217#comment-713 @SjH, yeah, but in the example i give - i am purchasing one product. All that differs is the method of obtaining it. i.e. physical media one rate, download another. From the consumer POV this makes no sense. Especially to pay more for what should be a cheaper and greener distribution. @SjH, yeah, but in the example i give – i am purchasing one product. All that differs is the method of obtaining it. i.e. physical media one rate, download another. From the consumer POV this makes no sense. Especially to pay more for what should be a cheaper and greener distribution.

]]> By: SjH http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/13/purchasing-more-downloads-from-ireland-vat-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-701 SjH Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:13:03 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=217#comment-701 Ireland has a lower corporation tax rate than most other member states of the EU-15 (substantially lower, in cases), so it pays multinationals to base their EU operations here. As such, Microsoft alone contributes more than 5% of Ireland's Gross Domestic Product. VAT, as observed, is rather high and unlikely ever to go down by much. If anything, it is at least as likely to be rounded up to 22% as it is down to 21%. Ireland has a lower corporation tax rate than most other member states of the EU-15 (substantially lower, in cases), so it pays multinationals to base their EU operations here. As such, Microsoft alone contributes more than 5% of Ireland’s Gross Domestic Product.

VAT, as observed, is rather high and unlikely ever to go down by much. If anything, it is at least as likely to be rounded up to 22% as it is down to 21%.

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