"Tim" <tim[at]timkelly.com> wrote:

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Thanks Tim.

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I have had to run over to England half a dozen times in the
last couple of months, so I actually know the answer to this
question. The VAT tax thing is a myth. The poppy program
for Remembrance Day (We call it Veteran's Day) is run by the
Royal British Legion, which is a charity. The rumor (or
should I say rumour) was the dastardly EU was going to tax
all the poppy sales to the tune of 30 million pounds or some
other outrageous figure. As it turns out, English law being
so close to our own (since that's where we got ours from)
charities are not taxed on direct program income.

When I was there on November 11, at 11:11 AM the whole
country stopped for two minutes - quite an awesome sight.

This story made for some good angry press against the
bureacrats in Brussels, however.

Timothy E. Kelly
Attorney at Law
Certified Specialist in Taxation Law
Board of Legal Specialization- State Bar of California

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I have heard that, here in the UK, Value Added Tax is
charged when purchasing wreaths of poppies to be laid during
Remembrance Day ceremonies. Can anyone confirm this?

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