Wanted - Latvian Based Company

[John Jupp]

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I am looking for a Latvian based company to ship me quantities of ciggies and possibly alcohol. Also to front Latvian based web domain (redirected from a .com/co.uk) to sell the products online to customers in the UK. We deliver from within the UK, with all duties subject to Latvian Tariff.

Also subject to adjudication currently being processed. If interested please pm me.

[drivetowin]

John

Good luck in your endeavour and I too am closely following that adjudication.

Do bear in mind though that even if it goes through, under UK law the direct advertisement for sale of cigarettes in the UK via the Internet is illegal.

[John Jupp]

John

Good luck in your endeavour and I too am closely following that adjudication.

Do bear in mind though that even if it goes through, under UK law the direct advertisement for sale of cigarettes in the UK via the Internet is illegal.

True but NOT if the server is outside the UK.

Providing the server is outside the UK and the domain (.com/.co.uk) you are using redirects to a Latvian domain that a Latvian company operates (their domain but you have full ftp and they don't, so you effective rent) then you are not breaking the law and you can advertise but as you say, cigarette advertising in a number of ways is prohibited in the UK. Internet advertising is a grey area. Ensure that any business doing this is overseas haven based so Gordon can go **** himself and then ciggies at £1 a pack will be the order of the day!

[drivetowin]

Now I'm really watching that adjudication with interest

[hirschnathan]

And then vat will have to go up to 25% to make up the loss

[Shane]

apparantly the ruling will save 16 billion pounds according to the daily express

how the feck is Gordon going to keep forking out all the hospital bills, dole money and detached 4 bedroom house rent for all the economic immigrants ?

tax always makes me laugh.. people think that if they can pay less here or there then they are saving money.

fact is it costs x billion to run the country and they'll collect it from us one way or another, petrol, vat, income tax, housing tax, capital gains .. the tax man's fingers are even looking further afield now into what you own offshore.. they are all revenue collecting vehicles and if one takes a hit they'll simply turn up the screw on the others to collect what it costs to mismanage the country's budget

[preventx]

I was reading about this in today's mirror. Might be a better idea to open a office there, I guess wages are really low.

Here's the full story.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstor...name_page.html

THE BOATLESS BOOZE CRUISE


Court backs tax-free delivery
By Adrian Shaw

BOOZE cruisers could soon be able to ditch the ferry trip and get drink and cigarettes delivered to their doors tax free.

Until now, the only way to avoid paying UK duty was to bring the goods through customs yourself and prove it was for personal consumption.

But shoppers will be able to order cut price booze and tobacco online or over the phone from EU countries and have them home delivered without adding on British tax after a ruling widely expected by the European Court of Justice.

For example, smokers would be able to buy 200 Marlboro Light cigarettes from Latvia for £7.20 instead of £50.44 here, saving £43.24.

The ruling would cost the Treasury billions in lost revenue and severely affect businesses and ferry operators running booze cruises.

The case was brought by a group of Dutch people charged tax by their government on wine bought in France. The court's advocate general Francis Jacob ruled for them.


The final decision, due on November 23, is expected to confirm it. The ruling is the first stage in setting a single rate of taxes across Europe. Britons pay much more than most for booze and cigs in high taxes. Chancellor Gordon Brown levies £15billion a year excise duty on them. The ruling would mean shoppers would pay only the tax of the country selling them - and not have to travel there themselves.

Jeremy Beadle, head of the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, said having to bring the booze back in person had been "the key disincentive until now".

Euro MP Charles Tannock, Tory spokesman on the duty free trade, said: "This is going to be a huge embarrassment to Gordon Brown and his tax raising.

"It will also increase pressure on member states to harmonise excise duty. If we are going to have a single market, this must be permitted."

Ferry firms running booze cruises even plan a delivery service. P&O said: "We have large ships going to Europe and a large warehouse and transport operation. We could find ourselves being able to offer a more door-to-door service for customers."

EU tax adviser Stephen Coleclough said: "This could be bad news for the exchequer but good news for consumers."

cheers Tom

www.preventx.co.uk

[srcudlipp]

I am looking for a Latvian based company to ship me quantities of ciggies and possibly alcohol. Also to front Latvian based web domain (redirected from a .com/co.uk) to sell the products online to customers in the UK. We deliver from within the UK, with all duties subject to Latvian Tariff.

Also subject to adjudication currently being processed. If interested please pm me.

Let me know when you get it set up and I'll be placing an order

[Darren]

Jeremy Beadle, head of the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, said having to bring the booze back in person had been "the key disincentive until now".

This isn't the same Jeremy Beadle I'm thinking of, is it? Sorry for the off-topic posting...but I started seeing a whole new genre of Beadle's About being recorded focussed on custom's officers and suspicious packages from Latvia coming through

[3wdl]

Mmmm, cheap rum.

Good stuff

[Mogga]

This government doesn't have to have any more incentives to tax us ...


So will you be doing an affil program for it? ;-)