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Accountancy Age

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Byline: Judith Tydd

ItA-s not the destination, itA-s the VAT

VAT

Judith Tydd

The impact of the recession on the travel industry is not unknown, but much to the misfortune of travel agents across the European Union, the current climate is unlikely to be improved by a package of

tax reforms which has triggered

a peculiar row over VAT.

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