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Posted by ViNNY on 10/22/05 12:57
the dog from that film you saw wrote:
> "Huge" <huge@ukmisc.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:djd7o9$i0m$1@anubis.demon.co.uk...
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>>>there is a 'feature tax' though - in that if there is dv in it gets a
>>>certain tax, and by disabling it, the tax falls to a lower level.
>>>even though the machine is identical and altered only in firmware.
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>>>another example - a monitor with DVI input as well as analogue will
>>>attract
>>>a higher tax than one which is analogue only.
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>>What kind of tax? VAT is levied at three levels - so which is it? Import
>>duty is levied at one level, on everything over a certain cost, so where
>>does this (imaginary) "feature tax" come from? What is it called? Who
>>collects it?
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> which i'm suspecting you know, but decided to be anal over the use of the
> word tax instead of duty!
The differing levels of tax come in at the import duty level. A VCR
attracts a higher rate than a camera, and a monitor that is analogue
only presumably a slightly lower rate than one with a digital input also.
-Vin
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