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Double VAT on Skype???

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 2007-06-02 16:03:20

Would anyone be able to clarify this for me. Skype automatically add VAT (at 15%) on when you buy €10 credit, sothe total cost comes to €11.50, and yet in their price listings, they seem to charge VAT again on the call costs. Does the VAT inclusive price listed with the per-minute rate just correspond to the €1.50 VAT you…

02-06-2007 05:03PM

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Thomas_S_Hunterson

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Would anyone be able to clarify this for me.

Skype automatically add VAT (at 15%) on when you buy €10 credit, sothe total cost comes to €11.50, and yet in their price listings, they seem to charge VAT again on the call costs. Does the VAT inclusive price listed with the per-minute rate just correspond to the €1.50 VAT you pay when buying credit, or is Skype being naughty?

There seems to be something strange going on, because I was charged 20c for a ~10 second call to an Irish mobile yesterday which doesn't match up to any of the prices they have listed.

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#2 02-06-2007 10:18PM

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probably that god damned connection fee they brought in about 6 months ago

4 cents each time. skype used to be cheap, then they got popular and started bumming the prices up

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