Better legislation for online market places

[Murdoch]

Anyone keeping up with this …. Or suffering from insomnia?

https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3...force24&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink

 

[binky]

No and No

 

[ProDave]

Care to precis what this is about or link to somewhere that does?

 

[Fleeting]

Whatever it is who cares?

 

[Murdoch]

So that’s not encouraging

 

[binky]

So that’s not encouraging

Nope

 

[DPG]

No.

 

[UNG]

It is one thing having legislation but then the enforcement becomes the problem

 

[Murdoch]

It is one thing having legislation but then the enforcement becomes non existent

Edited that for you

And what about all the off shore suppliers - that's the root of the problem IMHO

 

[Fleeting]

 

[binky]

Edited that for you

And what about all the off shore suppliers - that's the root of the problem IMHO

Aye, how the hell do you enforce legislation if buying off the likes of Temu?

 

[Murdoch]

Aye, how the hell do you enforce legislation if buying off the likes of Temu?

The same goes for UK taxes too

 

[Apache]

The same goes for UK taxes too

What do you mean?

(this could be the dullest thread I've ever seen on here)

 

[Murdoch]

What do you mean?

(this could be the dullest thread I've ever seen on here)

What I mean is that foreign suppliers who ship direct won’t be complying with any legislation or paying any taxes either

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

What I mean is that foreign suppliers who ship direct won’t be complying with any legislation or paying any taxes either

Just saying, Below is an invoice from Ali-express. It clearly shows how much VAT I had to pay. Yes they didn't used to charge VAT, but they have been doing so for a few years now.

 

[binky]

What I mean is that foreign suppliers who ship direct won’t be complying with any legislation or paying any taxes either

You would pay import taxes if being shipped from abroad. Bigger issue is offshoring profits, as we have discussed before.