Bomber Command Memorial will attract VAT
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Hopefully common sense will prevail.
If not then its about time religious organisations who masquerade as charities are forced to pay VAT when building lavish multi million pound churches, mosques and temples. 'We're all in this together' after all.
If not then its about time religious organisations who masquerade as charities are forced to pay VAT when building lavish multi million pound churches, mosques and temples. 'We're all in this together' after all.
Edited by Victor McDade on Tuesday 28th December 20:23
Victor McDade said:
Hopefully common sense will prevail.
If not then its about time religious organisations who masquerade as charities are forced to pay VAT when building lavish multi million pound churches, mosques and temples. 'We're all in this together' after all.
Don't they?If not then its about time religious organisations who masquerade as charities are forced to pay VAT when building lavish multi million pound churches, mosques and temples. 'We're all in this together' after all.
Edited by Victor McDade on Tuesday 28th December 20:23
Charities do not receive automatic exemption from having to pay VAT - nor do they receive automatic exemption from having to charge VAT.
Eric Mc said:
Victor McDade said:
Hopefully common sense will prevail.
If not then its about time religious organisations who masquerade as charities are forced to pay VAT when building lavish multi million pound churches, mosques and temples. 'We're all in this together' after all.
Don't they?If not then its about time religious organisations who masquerade as charities are forced to pay VAT when building lavish multi million pound churches, mosques and temples. 'We're all in this together' after all.
Edited by Victor McDade on Tuesday 28th December 20:23
Charities do not receive automatic exemption from having to pay VAT - nor do they receive automatic exemption from having to charge VAT.
andymadmak said:
voyds9 said:
Do we really need a £4.9m memorial
Yes. I am a Cub leader, and some of the cubs where moaning about how long the Remembrance day march is, we seem to be getting to the point that the young don't know anyone who fought in the war or whose lives where altered by the war.
Eric Mc said:
Whether the memorial should cost £4.9 million is a matter of debate. Whether a memorial is required is not.
Agree 100%!A little peice about my ex wife's Grand father who won a vc, just one of the thousands of heroes... THIS is why we need the memorial..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cyril_Jackson
Edited by thatone1967 on Thursday 30th December 14:27
Engineer1 said:
we seem to be getting to the point that the young don't know anyone who fought in the war or whose lives where altered by the war.
I think, sadly, that this is the case - and the more the years go on, the less attention will be paid to memorials & the memories of those who were lost during the wars.World War 2 teachings are (or were) missing off the Curriculum for KS3 History, but WW1 was included. I think this needs changing - I can still vividly remember my visit to Ypres & the Somme memorials, probably the most worthwhile trip I ever undertook at school.
The youngest (legal/18+) soldier involved in WW2 will be 83 now, so I doubt anyone born now will ever learn about the war from first hand accounts.
thatone1967 said:
Agree 100%!
A little peice about my ex wife's Grand father who won a vc, just one of the thousands of heroes... THIS is why we need the memorial..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cyril_Jackson
Did the family sell the medal?A little peice about my ex wife's Grand father who won a vc, just one of the thousands of heroes... THIS is why we need the memorial..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cyril_Jackson
It must be a hard decision to make when a treasured possession is worth so much, and if you needed the money.
Mattt said:
Engineer1 said:
we seem to be getting to the point that the young don't know anyone who fought in the war or whose lives where altered by the war.
I think, sadly, that this is the case - and the more the years go on, the less attention will be paid to memorials & the memories of those who were lost during the wars.World War 2 teachings are (or were) missing off the Curriculum for KS3 History, but WW1 was included. I think this needs changing - I can still vividly remember my visit to Ypres & the Somme memorials, probably the most worthwhile trip I ever undertook at school.
The youngest (legal/18+) soldier involved in WW2 will be 83 now, so I doubt anyone born now will ever learn about the war from first hand accounts.
Also, did no one write poems in WW2? Where are all the WW2 poets?
Or is it just that the educationalists felt that WW1 poetry also backed up their view of the class system?.
thatone1967 said:
Mattt said:
I asked at the time, and was told by my History teacher that they thought it would be of interest to boys and not girls. True or not, don't know.
It's not stuff that should be of interest...it's stuff we should ALL know....Eric Mc said:
thatone1967 said:
Mattt said:
I asked at the time, and was told by my History teacher that they thought it would be of interest to boys and not girls. True or not, don't know.
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