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KPE Lasok QC and Ian Hutton, Monckton Chambers, describe the current state of play with regards to VAT and E-commerce

 
KPE Lasok QC and Ian Hutton Monckton Chambers describe the current state of play with regards to VAT and E-commerce
 
Tt is predicted that in 2004 worldwide e-commerce revenues will total $2.7 trillion.1 Business to customer sales giving rise to that total are still predominantly 'indirect' purchases (that is the electronic ordering of tangible goods). Such trade is in principle similar to the traditional mail order industry and creates few new tax problems. The same is not true of 'direct' e-commerce (the electronic ordering and delivery of services) which encourages new forms of cross-border transactions and as a result generates novel challenges to the tax system.
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