UK companies will face huge new VAT burden after Brexit
by Toby Helm and Phillip Inman from on (#3CJES)
Controversial changes in bill would force importers to pay duty upfront on EU goods
More than 130,000 UK firms will be forced to pay VAT upfront for the first time on all goods imported from the European Union after Brexit, under controversial legislation to be considered by MPs on Monday.
The VAT changes spelled out in the taxation (cross-border trade) bill - one of a string of Brexit laws passing through parliament - are causing uproar among UK business groups, which say that they will create acute cashflow problems and huge additional bureaucracy.
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