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      07-06-2011, 07:13 AM   #1
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Alice's car turns up at a dealer

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3003740.htm

VAT qualifying, makes it £56,220.00!
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      07-06-2011, 11:56 AM   #2
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Interesting. And its been driven to the UK rather then transported.
Originally the car only had 93 miles on it!
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      07-06-2011, 12:18 PM   #3
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VAT qualifying, makes it £56,220.00!
Stop voting for Socialists
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      07-06-2011, 01:01 PM   #4
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VAT qualifying, makes it £56,220.00!
Anyone know what happened? Did she hate the car...have buyer's remorse? It's interesting because some friends and I were discussing the 1M how we see all sorts of people buying M3s...old guys, girls, young guys and even a few "car-guys" but the 1M seems pretty hard-core car for only guys. I told them yeah but I saw a girl buy one online.......now she is selling it?????

300 miles?

What happened, did she forget to add Heated Seats? : )
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      07-06-2011, 01:36 PM   #5
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She indicated in the thread that she got cold feet about how money she had in it. She is only like 24 or something... believe she went from a MINI cooper S to the 1M.. tThe 1M is about twice as much as a Cooper S i would imagine..
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      07-06-2011, 02:06 PM   #6
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whos alice ????
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      07-06-2011, 02:31 PM   #7
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VAT qualifying, makes it £56,220.00!
I stand to be corrected but I think vat qualifying means that business users can claim the vat back, not that you need to add it on!
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      07-06-2011, 02:35 PM   #8
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whos alice ????

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...ighlight=alice
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      07-06-2011, 03:33 PM   #9
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I stand to be corrected but I think vat qualifying means that business users can claim the vat back, not that you need to add it on!
What's the deal with VAT? I thought you could only claim it back on commercial vehicles (vans, pick ups) but not cars.
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      07-06-2011, 03:57 PM   #10
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I stand to be corrected but I think vat qualifying means that business users can claim the vat back, not that you need to add it on!
What's the deal with VAT? I thought you could only claim it back on commercial vehicles (vans, pick ups) but not cars.
I think it refers to business users i.e company cars rather than just commercial vehicles.
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      07-06-2011, 04:44 PM   #11
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I think it refers to business users i.e company cars rather than just commercial vehicles.
OK, on http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/managing/...g/motoring.htm it says:

"Reclaiming VAT when you buy a car
Generally you can't reclaim the VAT when you buy, import, or in some other way acquire a car. But there are some exceptions to this. You can reclaim all of the VAT if you meet one of these conditions:
The car will be used exclusively for business purposes and you can show that it's not available for private use by your employees or anyone else. For example, your employees' contract of employment excludes private use including travel from home to the place of work.
You intend to use the car mainly as a taxi, a driving school car or a self-drive hire car.
You're a car dealer and the car will be part of your 'stock in trade' that you intend to sell within the next 12 months."

Taxi or driving school, ummm...
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      07-06-2011, 07:39 PM   #12
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whos alice ????
No, the song goes like:
Alice ? ... Who the f*ck is Alice !?

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      07-06-2011, 08:05 PM   #13
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Stop voting for Socialists
What are you talking about?
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      07-07-2011, 01:33 AM   #14
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What are you talking about?
He's referring to the higher sales tax rate in Europe (i.e., VAT) compared to what you see in the U.S.
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      07-07-2011, 07:01 AM   #15
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He's referring to the higher sales tax rate in Europe (i.e., VAT) compared to what you see in the U.S.
Ahhh. I see.

Hope he realizes that higher taxes does not equal socialism.
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You know that word gets liberally stuck onto anything on fox news.
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He's referring to the higher sales tax rate in Europe (i.e., VAT) compared to what you see in the U.S.
Ahhh. I see.

Hope he realizes that higher taxes does not equal socialism.
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      07-07-2011, 12:53 PM   #17
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What are you talking about?
VAT Tax. 20% is a big price to pay
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      07-07-2011, 12:55 PM   #18
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Ahhh. I see.

Hope he realizes that higher taxes does not equal socialism.
What planet do you live on? Vat Tax is a root of Socialism.
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      07-07-2011, 04:08 PM   #19
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What planet do you live on? Vat Tax is a root of Socialism.
How do you think government provided programs are paid for? The money has to come from some form of tax. Just because these programs are provided equally to a countries citizens does not mean the country has a socialist government.
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How do you think government provided programs are paid for? The money has to come from some form of tax. Just because these programs are provided equally to a countries citizens does not mean the country has a socialist government.
That sounds a lot like the beginnings of socialism. Take from the people who have and give it to the people who have not
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      07-07-2011, 05:02 PM   #21
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Word of warning to readers outside of the US: Don't get into an argument about 'taxes' and 'socialism' with some people from the US who are often confused and mis-informed, and equate any form of taxing with 'socialism' (and would not be able to explain the difference between socialism and communism). They often have an utopian ideal form of government which is not having any government at all (just don't tell them it's actually the same thing as anarchy ).
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How do you think government provided programs are paid for? The money has to come from some form of tax. Just because these programs are provided equally to a countries citizens does not mean the country has a socialist government.
How many socialist countries have an outragious VAT Tax?

Can't understand why any one would be happy with or defending paying a 20% tax for a BMW.
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