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A Bargain Too Good To Miss

 
Ian Fleming assesses the current position as to what quantities of excise goods can be legitimately imported into the UK when excise duty and the equivalent of our VAT have been paid elsewhere
 
I resigned from the Customs & Excise Department in 1989 to join Armstrong Watson Chartered Accountants based in Carlisle as their Group VAT Specialist. That is a slight misnomer as I was and still am responsible for all the indirect taxes including Customs & Excise duties although I now work on a part time basis — in theory at least.
The milkman calls
 
Shortly after this change of direction in my career the milkman called at our house...

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