AnAfrican

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by AnAfrican 7d ago
>You'll even hear about a discount around VAT/2 if you pay with cash sometimes. That's because they do VAT (and Corporate tax) fraud.
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by AnAfrican 7d ago
I've encountered this issue recently for the first time. Usually, there is a deposit pre-authorized on the card. The additional insurance plans would lower the deposit (to a few hundred for fuel basically). I usually take the insurance
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by AnAfrican 4mo ago
Not really. All financial institutions are surveilled and regulated. There's a reason Patio 11 describe the industry as an "arm of the government". But furthermore, his argument is not about surveillance (which he accepts whe
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
It doesn't matter. It's an issue of "this could happen to us".
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
Not the whole ICC but the sanctioned prosecutor has been disconnected ! >A Microsoft spokesperson said that it had been in contact with the court since February “throughout the process that resulted in the disconnection of its sanctioned
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
>Does the Gabonese leadership really have the geopolitical know-how to make sure this stays as a boost to the economy and not an invitation to a series of US military assaults? Well, they've had oil for the past 60 years. They have
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
Because the underlying "account" is not necessarily a Bank Account.
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
This may be an arrangement set up in some jurisdictions and probably widely used nowadays. The default (as in « the original setup ») is what i’ve described.
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
Careful: The rate mentioned for alcoholic beverages (and confectionery) may include Excise Duty. Excise Duty usually have the non-discriminatory aspect of VAT : they’re also applied on local production.
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
https://vatdesk.eu/en/import-export-and-vat/#:~:text=of%20VA... >Yes, imports of goods are subject to VAT, with taxation taking place when the goods clear through customs.
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
Tariffs on services are much harder to enforce. There's point of entry so it's harder to check. However, some countries have a withholding tax for services provided by foreign companies. The client is responsible for withholding t
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
> So if you were a farmer you might find you were exempt on fertilizer and tractors but not on a pickup truck. There are items that generate a non-deductible input tax in VAT countries (often entertainment items or cars). But usually, th
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
>either you don't pay it when you purchase and are invoiced by a business As a business you pay VAT when you purchase. And you collect VAT when you sell. Then you pay to the government the difference between collected VAT and paid V
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by AnAfrican 1y ago
I don't see how it's even possible to negotiate . VAT countries apply VAT on all domestic transactions (and that includes imports). VAT countries do not apply VAT on exports because they _rightly_ assume that the importing country
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
I'm not sure it's really a matter of initial investment. Excel allows managers/staff to iterate/change/adapt faster and independently while changing anything about an automated system requires much effort (in commun
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
I guess he did succeed into enrolling more people into his narrow crusade.
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
It is explained in the article. The concept of Politically Exposed Person has nothing to do with views in US politics. It’s really about foreign officials and their families. And, in spirit, it’s really about officials from countries with h
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
>Finally, if corporations can’t debank people, how do they handle unusual cost/risk? With pricing, of course. If porn and crypto transactions pose extraordinary financial risk, then allow pricing based on actual financial risk. And
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
Ouch. If even LaPoste did it…
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
Seems to me that he has crypto-related goals but involves more people to gain political support. The OP article's last paragraphs make it quite clear IMO.
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
>Why should I not believe this? Because you don’t believe an EU bank can terminate an account because they’re worried it may trigger an AML/CTF regulation or similar without bothering to really check if it does. *edit : AML/CTF
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
The basic account thing ? Does that apply to US citizens (legally residing in the EU) that routinely get denied bank accounts because the bank don’t want to deal with the IRS ? May be he probably could bank with LaPoste. Beyond that, I wond
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
The PEP part of the Rogan interview was when I understood Andreessen was most likely bullshitting. Funny how this is not clearly stated, most likely because of who Andreessen is.
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
patio11 himself has mentioned in many podcasts that the sanctions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine may have affected Ukrainian persons or businesses as they include territory currently occupied by Russia (perhaps more so than Russi
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
I’m pretty sure US refeneries are not setup to refine Saudi oil. I remember it being the case with Venezuelan oil and that fact being a boon for West African oil producers when things were sour between the US and Venezuela.
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by AnAfrican 2y ago
Shouldn't Microsoft be somewhere between Google and Apple ? After all, they do rely on you buying their software in a way Google does not.
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by AnAfrican 3y ago
Damn near the whole west coast. And a major cable on the east coast got cut off a while ago in the Red Sea but repairs are impossible because well, it’s in the Red Sea…
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by AnAfrican 3y ago
A struggling artist may not be in a strong position to negotiate. When rent or food are needed now , you take what you can.
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by AnAfrican 3y ago
The logic is really about helping starving or struggling artists. They sell their work for "cheap" while broke because they're struggling. Later (often too late) their talent is recognized and the same work is re-sold at a hu
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by AnAfrican 3y ago
In football, training club compensation is mandatory : https://www.easportslaw.com/news/training-compensation-and-s... Sure, this is a FIFA regulation (and not state or EU) but let's not act like this is purely vo

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