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Originally Posted by HarryT
Not suggesting for an instant that you haven't been polite, Rizla. But I do find a certain irony in the fact that your often-expressed wish that Amazon should be treated the same as small companies having now been granted, you're now saying that small companies should be treated differently to Amazon. First you want a level playing-field and then, having got one, you no longer want it!
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As I previously stated, my argument is that small retailers making little money should not be subject to the same labyrinthine VAT scheme as major corporations. It effectively penalizes small companies who may not have the resources to deal with the new complicated law.
Previously Amazon actually paid less tax than small retailers. It is disgusting that this practice was allowed to continue for so long.
I repeat, I don't think Amazon and other large corporations should play on a "level playing-field" with small companies. It's not a level-playing field. Large companies are powerful and can leverage government to alter laws to suit them. When a company gets very large, they should be subjected to a progressive "taxation" (in whatever form it takes). Smaller companies should effectively be "taxed" less in order to encourage small-scale entrepreneurship.