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Nope, this wouldn't be illegal in the EU. Consumer protection law is a consumer protection law -- meant for when you buy stuff as a person. If you however buy s

Nope, this wouldn't be illegal in the EU. Consumer protection law is a consumer protection law -- meant for when you buy stuff as a person. If you however buy stuff as a business entity consumer law do not apply, so you are just as fucked as the person who made the pastebin. This is also why the likes of Dell and HP sell business services and these services don't come cheap (and when you don't get them and your server dies you are basically fucked.) Protip for freelancers and small businesses: While it might look really cool, don't buy IT equipment as a business (unless you want to pay extra for services guaranteeing continous operation of said equipment), but as a consumer. This means your equipment will fall under consumer law and means that (for example) when you want to return a item the store you bought it at they will have to comply.

cmurf 10y ago
There could be tax complications here, using a personal credit card to buy the computer and then transfer it to the business with an expense report. It's a lot more straightforward to use the company credit card even if you're a sole proprietor.
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celticninja 10y ago
I stand corrected. Just checked the UK T&Cs: Please note that the Right to Cancel applies to Home customers only. You return goods by using the Right to Cancel so while not explicitly mentioned it seems to be the same as in the US.
Xylakant 10y ago
> Protip for freelancers and small businesses: While it might look really cool, don't buy IT equipment as a business (unless you want to pay extra for services guaranteeing continous operation of said equipment), but as a consumer. This doesn't pay off. If you're earning more than 15K EUR per year, you have to charge VAT. If you buy stuff as consumer you're not eligible for a VAT return. If you're any kind of limited liability company, stuff needs to be on the company books. You certainly can buy as a private person and resell to company, but that just increased the price by about 20%. Plus: selling stuff to the company makes the tax authorities look really hard at your papers since at least in germany, if prices are not market rate you might just have committed a criminal offence (verdeckte Gewinnentnahme). Talk to your tax accountant before pulling stunts like this.

cmurf 10y ago

There could be tax complications here, using a personal credit card to buy the computer and then transfer it to the business with an expense report. It's a lot more straightforward to use the company credit card even if you're a sole proprietor.

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celticninja 10y ago

I stand corrected. Just checked the UK T&Cs: Please note that the Right to Cancel applies to Home customers only. You return goods by using the Right to Cancel so while not explicitly mentioned it seems to be the same as in the US.

Xylakant 10y ago

> Protip for freelancers and small businesses: While it might look really cool, don't buy IT equipment as a business (unless you want to pay extra for services guaranteeing continous operation of said equipment), but as a consumer. This doesn't pay off. If you're earning more than 15K EUR per year, you have to charge VAT. If you buy stuff as consumer you're not eligible for a VAT return. If you're any kind of limited liability company, stuff needs to be on the company books. You certainly can buy as a private person and resell to company, but that just increased the price by about 20%. Plus: selling stuff to the company makes the tax authorities look really hard at your papers since at least in germany, if prices are not market rate you might just have committed a criminal offence (verdeckte Gewinnentnahme). Talk to your tax accountant before pulling stunts like this.