False about the VAT in the UK at least for small and medium companies. You need to keep but not show records and you have to say how much is owed you, just like

False about the VAT in the UK at least for small and medium companies. You need to keep but not show records and you have to say how much is owed you, just like in the Netherlands I imagine. It's not checked later unless you get audited which is uncommon generally. False also about road tax. Perhaps your anecdotes were from a couple of decades ago?