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    It's Tradition!

    in General Discussion Forum

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    Hippie Bowman wrote:

    Any more traditions out there?  Your posts are welcome!

     

    Peace!

    This year my partner and I will be hosting an xmas party at our place for 14 of our closest friends. The event planning kicked off beginning of september, because (1) we will cook and prepare everything ourselves (2) most of the couples need hotel because they come from different countries (3) my partner Reuler she flies back from the USA and will be home at noon time the saterday (yummy yes.. but she will have to sleep for a few hours). To avoid that we would be spending most of the time in the kitchen, we managed to get someone in to help us out throughout the day and the evening, otherwise we would loose contact with our guests!

    we always start the evening with a very long reception style appetizer menu with cold and hot choices and champagne or cocktails;

    fresh oysters, various cheeses, melon with parma, spicy shrimps, sardines, quiche and much more ...

    a cold starter (+ white wine: Pino Grigio - Italy);

    a seafood cocktail in a large bowl with nordsea shrimps, salmon, scallops, tomato, egg, salad and pink whisky sauce

    main meal (+ red wine: Rioja Reserva - Spain);

    pork fillet with a peppercorn sauce, gratinated brussels sprout, green beans rolled in crispy bacon and potato croquettes

    dessert (+ coffee or tea)

    xmas cake with lots of creme and chocolate

    after all this we just chill out and have cozy long talks till everyone goes back to the hotel.

    (/me looks really forward to this and so happy we will see our closest friends back after such a long time ...... :matte-motes-inlove:)

     

    *meows*

     

    The VaNiTy ThReAd

    in Your Avatar

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    Randall Ahren wrote:

    @Wildcat, wb. There's something I've always wanted to ask you. I've observed your photos very closely, in the swimming pool, in the bath and in the shower, and have not yet reached a definite conclusion. Do you ever remove the tail?

    @Randall .... I would never remove my tail hehe.... :smileyhappy: *meows*

    The big FAT VAT issue

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    more to read here :matte-motes-big-grin-wink:

    http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2011/04/does-linden-lab-put-its-economy-first/

    One other action that year also sparked controversy and the in-world economy – the collection of European Union’s VAT tax. Originally, Linden Lab absorbed the collection of the Value Added Tax (VAT), but Linden Lab started to collect it from those customers living in the European Union on all types of transactions, including land purchase, land maintenance, and membership fees that are paid in real world currency. It also tried to collect any theoretically applicable VAT on Linden Dollar transactions between individual Second Life residents.

    The added VAT fee made many Europeans question whether they should leave Second Life, transfer their lands to American partners such as American land barons, or work in occupations that did not require paying fees to Linden Lab.

    Some European Second Life users have claimed that Linden Labs forced this tax on them without notice and is charging tax on property that doesn’t really exist, thereby making the tax illegal. However, according to a 2003 E.U. directive, VAT is a tax on both goods and services, including digital services, thereby making it legal to collect VAT on a digital service like Second Life.

    However, that same E.U. directive also states that European businesses should be able to reclaim VAT paid for business items so that the VAT cost does not cripple their ability to compete in non-European markets. The problem lies in the fact that Second Life does not offer a way for a business holder to establish whether a customer is European or not, which prevents that business from collecting VAT from Europeans.

    What complicates the matter further is that, the same directive does not state whether Europeans are required to pay VAT in Second Life, since Linden Dollars are not legally classified as a currency. If Linden dollars were a recognized currency, VAT would only be chargeable on the conversion fees and not on the whole transaction. However, this would open Linden Labs up to much oversight by European financial regulators and require compliance with the Electronic Money Directive and associated anti-terrorist financing and anti-money laundering legislation, which would likely lead to greater changes to Second Life and more costs to its users.

    *meows*

    The big FAT VAT issue

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    if I am correct that Tax law is only due as from Jan '15;

    http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/vat/how_vat_works/vat_on_services/index_en.htm

    from 1 January 2015: B2C telecommunications, broadcasting and electronically supplied services will be taxed at the place where the private customer is established, has his permanent address or usually resides.
    Example 53: When webhosting is supplied to a private customer living in Lisbon, Portuguese VAT must be charged irrespective of whether the supplier is established in Portugal, in another EU Member State or outside the EU.

    *meows*

     

    Where are all my friends? Come on in and lets get comfy by the fire!

    in Make Friends

    Posted

    a really good start of my monday morning - was going to get myself a coffee and  while trying to sqeeze my car (.......while playing with my Blackberry.....) into a narrow parking spot - I hitted another car lol - took me of course about one hour to find out who the owner was and when that donut then finally arrived, he was seemly more interested in me than in getting the docs sorted!!!!! (Bugger) ..... :smileymad: ......*meows*

    PS. goodmorning everyone :matte-motes-inlove:

    PPS. a cool vid and song that helped me to get back to normal hehe (track by Charles Schillings -STARSHINE)

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