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New VAT rules

mikeanywhere · 2009-02-19 08:12:58

Sorry if this is was posted elsewhere but to be honest I couldn't be assed bothered to do a detailed search :o :D Very handy for those wanting to know what is rated at what rate or zero rated etc. VAT Rules for photography

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#32 19-02-2009 05:41PM

Phototoxin

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A painted portrait requires much more artistic skill than taking a photo IMO. And you're welcome to prove me wrong about the artistic wedding photos comment. I haven't seen any wedding photos that cause the word "art" to spring up in my mind, but then again, "what is art?" oooooooh

I think wedding photography is classes as commercial as lets be fair the photographer isn't going to be there unless they are getting paid. Contrast to same photographer going off their own bat to some mad place to make photos purely for artistic purposes.

That said you could get around it by doing the wedding for free and then charging for the art of the prints at the end.

Anyway I'm not sure - I think successful artists (in a lot of fields) get paid a lot of money for doing a lot of nothing in some respects whereas mr scientist working for a cure to cancer gets taxed along with mr struggling artist. I guess the law is there to teach us one thing : hate the big guy!

Now, aside from us planning to kill the finance minister (and photograph it for 'artistic' purposes) what does it ultimately mean for us ? I'm assuming its still better to buy up 'deh norte' than in an actual shop in ireland ?

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