Vat articles
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State school pressure from VAT plans
These are just some of their more recent issues, but I am always drawn to an earlier statement by former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon: “Let me be clear – I want to be judged on this. If you are not, as First Minister, prepared to put your neck on the line on the education of our young people then what are you prepared to. It really matters.” This to me is the real terms upon which I judge the SNP, because education of our young is what really matters, and they have been badly failed. I sit on...
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The key problem with the "brain in a vat" thought experiment
There is a certain kind of story about nature and our place in it that says all we experience, all we feel, is nothing but neural circuity. According to one thought experiment, if I were a smart enough doctor or computer scientist, I could put your brain in a vat, hook it up to a bunch of electrodes that enable some kind of simulation of the world, and you’d never know the difference. Fed the proper electrical stimulus, your brain would conjure up the exact same experiences as if you were...
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Liberia: Assistant LRA Commissioner Outlines Importance Of VAT
MONROVIA – A three-day intensive training on the Value Added Tax (VAT) for Tax Administrators has begun in Liberia, with the Assistant Commissioner at the Large Tax Division of the Department of Domestic Tax at the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) outlining the significance of VAT. By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway, Contributing Writer The training is in preparation []