Adobe releases subscription-only Photoshop CC
I'm sure Adobe aren't pocketing the VAT, you aren't purchasing from a company in the UK. You pay VAT at that country's rate.
So does that mean that they are yet another company
avoiding paying any Corporation Tax in the UK
Obviously anyone using the software for Business
purposes will be offsetting the rental and possibly
the VAT from their own Corporation/Income Tax so
the Taxman loses out again
At least when software was sold in boxes it was delivered
to the shops by wagons that were ...... ???? .......
registered abroad to avoid paying UK Road Tax
Somethin's not right here .... do any companies pay any tax?
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Algi
I think the monthly rental is a good idea, and Adobe should take the idea even further and offer it's customers the option to just pay for the tools they use, how much a month would crop, levels, sharpen, and the occasional clone cost me?
Yeah let's install "pre paid meters" for software. Then we'll have to nip across the road to the neighbour to borrow 50p until thursday so we can apply that Smart Sharpening.
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I'm sure Adobe aren't pocketing the VAT, you aren't purchasing from a company in the UK. You pay VAT at that country's rate.
So does that mean that they are yet another company
avoiding paying any Corporation Tax in the UK
Obviously anyone using the software for Business
purposes will be offsetting the rental and possibly
the VAT from their own Corporation/Income Tax so
the Taxman loses out again
At least when software was sold in boxes it was delivered
to the shops by wagons that were ...... ???? .......
registered abroad to avoid paying UK Road Tax
Somethin's not right here .... do any companies pay any tax?
'
Without wishing to incur the wrath of John for taking the thread of topic the system is designed to allow those at the top of the pyramid to have "loopholes" while ordinary folk have to toe the line.
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Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
month.... but the landlord lets me choose and pay for just
the beer, scotch or wine that I consume on each visit
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
My local pubs like that ...... all drinks are rented by the
month.... but the landlord lets me choose and pay for just
the beer, scotch or wine that I consume on each visit
The pub only rents you the drink, then after a time most of the drink is eventually recycled. Many of the Leek growers in this area were said to water their "prize winners" with filtered beer, ie filtered through the kidneys
I'm not keen on the subscription model, but at some point if I have to upgrade my CS5 then I will have no choice. So then I'll just get on with it.
If I don't have to upgrade, then that's even better, but time moves on and it may be inevitable. Windows 20 may not support 64 bit applications.
Indeed so CMW, companies and individuals need to make money to survive. We all earn money to pay our bills and buy more Pentax cameras. So enough of the politics and back to Adobe.
It's hard to dispute your first sentence, johnriley. But your last one in this extract is plain puzzling. I like to make decisions of the kind being debated here at least partly on the basis of trying to understand the motives for change and the degree to which the customer (all of us, potentially) is the beneficiary. You evidently have an expansive view of what comprises 'politics'.
If you feel only able to shrug your shoulders ('I'll just get on with it'), that's fine by me. No reason why we should all respond identically. Now, that might be a political statement...
I'm sure Adobe aren't pocketing the VAT, you aren't purchasing from a company in the UK. You pay VAT at that country's rate.
So does that mean that they are yet another company
avoiding paying any Corporation Tax in the UK
Obviously anyone using the software for Business
purposes will be offsetting the rental and possibly
the VAT from their own Corporation/Income Tax so
the Taxman loses out again
At least when software was sold in boxes it was delivered
to the shops by wagons that were ...... ???? .......
registered abroad to avoid paying UK Road Tax
Somethin's not right here .... do any companies pay any tax?
'
Concert photography
Currently on a Pentax hiatus until an FF Pentax is released
I think the monthly rental is a good idea, and Adobe should take the idea even further and offer it's customers the option to just pay for the tools they use, how much a month would crop, levels, sharpen, and the occasional clone cost me?
You might be onto a good thing for Adobe here. Maybe whatthey should do is, instead of a flat fee, charge say 0.1p per photo per tool per layer. That would still keep their income levels high from the heavy pro users who are currently paying the high purchase costs but also allow legitimate use at a sensible price for the hobbyists currently driven to other products and/or piracy.
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Indeed so CMW, companies and individuals need to make money to survive. We all earn money to pay our bills and buy more Pentax cameras. So enough of the politics and back to Adobe.
It's hard to dispute your first sentence, johnriley. But your last one in this extract is plain puzzling. I like to make decisions of the kind being debated here at least partly on the basis of trying to understand the motives for change and the degree to which the customer (all of us, potentially) is the beneficiary. You evidently have an expansive view of what comprises 'politics'.
If you feel only able to shrug your shoulders ('I'll just get on with it'), that's fine by me. No reason why we should all respond identically. Now, that might be a political statement...
I think we got confused there CMW, I should have made it clearer that only the first part of that was a reply to you. The rest was just a generalised comment on straying into taxation and so on, which should have been separated out more clearly.
The metaphorical shrugging of the shoulders doesn't mean I'm happy. It means that if I can't do anything about it I ain't going to lose any sleep over it....
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