Real money

[expat]

Currently gold sovereigns do not attract VAT or CGT, because they are real coin (and perhaps we would be better to use them as such). After we are forced into the Euro, will this still be true?

[BrilloPad]

Originally Posted by expat

Currently gold sovereigns do not attract VAT or CGT, because they are real coin (and perhaps we would be better to use them as such). After we are forced into the Euro, will this still be true?

You sound like a barrister asking "have you stopped beating your wife?".

Or did I miss a news announcement?

[expat]

Originally Posted by BrilloPad

You sound like a barrister asking "have you stopped beating your wife?".

Or did I miss a news announcement?

Well, have you?

[TimberWolf]

Originally Posted by BrilloPad

You sound like a barrister asking "have you stopped beating your wife?".

That's a great example of why sometimes there are no Yes / No answers.

[PerlOfWisdom]

Originally Posted by expat

Currently gold sovereigns do not attract VAT or CGT, because they are real coin (and perhaps we would be better to use them as such). After we are forced into the Euro, will this still be true?

The reason they don't attract VAT or CGT is so that the law makers invest in them.