Why not add VAT to community document?
4th December 1997, Page 26
4th December 1997
Page 26
Page 26, 4th December 1997
— Why not add VAT to community document?
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When I pay for or charge for, services or goods on the Continent in fellow EU states—provided the person I deal with can show a VAT (or equivalent) number—no VAT is charged or levied. However when I fill up, my truck with diesel at a VAT-registered garage abroad, I am charged VAT. In my cab I carry a community authori sation document. Why cannot my VAT number be added to this document to show at fuel filling points to avoid the tortuous process of reclamation? Maybe some champion of the haulage industry with parliamentary lobbying powers could address this costly oversight and put in place a simple solution. A Vant, Faversham, Kent.