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Re: [Sheflug] FW: [ALUG] Tax on open source software by UK?

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Subject: Re: [Sheflug] FW: [ALUG] Tax on open source software by UK?
From: Marcus Hanwell <linux [at] xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 12:48:12 +0100
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(Ted Harding) wrote:

I haven't had a chance to check the sources, but from what appear
to be quotations in the following URL it looks real. Of course,
there is always the date factor ...

Please propagate!
Ted.

Is this actually true? Are the government really planning on taxing free software? They can obviously charge VAT on any product which is sold in the UK, but surely you can't charge tax on something which is actually free? How would they work out how much to charge?

If this happens it will act to the detriment of all open source take up and possibly even development in the UK. Does anyone else have any more details than the ones presented on this web site? I would certainly hate to see this happen to the UK, and will certainly be contacting my MP about this. Does anyone else have any similar plans?

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