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Online VAT fraud: Calls for government crackdown grow louder

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Its a scam. I bought a replacement laptop screen on Ebay. Great price. After I ordered it I saw that I had been dealing with a Chinese company yet the screen was despatched from a UK warehouse. That is why it was cheaper than the UK based suppliers who have to pay VAT. The money goes directly to China and the UK operation may well be only a garage full of stuff shipped out to them by a container. Local suppliers who pay VAT lose out on unfair business practices and HMRC loses tax. We all lose but the scammers win.

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