On Aug 2, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Martin Thomson <martin.thom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 August 2013 13:04, Yoav Nir <y...@checkpoint.com> wrote: >> There's the slight matter of $123.50 in VAT. > > This was such a good meeting, I think that I could justify paying > extra to cover VAT. I agree, but it's easy for me to agree, as all the expense goes to my employer. > That is, assuming that the implicit thesis in the above is correct. > Namely, that attendee fee income exceed the meeting costs that also > include VAT such that they can be later recovered. I'm not sure we > can know the answer to that question just yet, so I'm not certain that > the VAT thing is something that should influence any decision to > return. In the grand scheme of things, it's less than the room price for one night (unless you're staying at some particularly cheap motel, and those are more available in the US).
