SEASON 10 · EPISODE 1 · 15:43
VATs the problem?
Ray Blake & Graham Barrow · 13 April 2023
Episode notes
In the first episode of season 10, we turn our attention to an extraordinary story about online retail sales, China, VAT and HMRC.
Despite all the apparent jargon, it is just an everyday tale of 11,000 companies all suddenly deciding to register to a private address where the owner had never heard of them.
Which didn’t stop him being sent £500,000 in debt enforcement letters.
And, in a first for The Dark Money Files, this podcast is now sponsored which will secure the ongoing future of the podcast and ensure we can continue to deliver a quality product.
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