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Thanks for the feedback all. I guess where I see a potential grey area is that if you consider the pledge an investment (the kickstarter rules I believe state it as such and there is no legal obligation to deliver the reward) and the reward is repayment of that loan then there should not be any VAT ...

Thanks for the feedback all. I guess where I see a potential grey area is that if you consider the pledge an investment (the kickstarter rules I believe state it as such and there is no legal obligation to deliver the reward) and the reward is repayment of that loan then there should not be any VAT ...

Thanks for the reply James. I guess my point is that Kickstarter, while extremely useful for certain applications, is not a panacea. It is for initial projects, those for which there is sufficient uncertainty, to get off the ground - or not. That uncertainty can be on the side of the producer or the...

Some really interesting stuff above. I guess I am coming at this from a somewhat different angle from many of the above projects. I already have an established business, with a range of products (bicycles in my instance), customer and fan base, and network of dealers. My reason for beginning a Kicks...

OK, so I just started my first Kickstarter with the expectation that I would need to collect UK VAT (I am a UK based VAT registered company) on all pledges made from the UK and EU. However, I got to thinking about it and wondered whether the pledges were in fact taxable? The money collected is a ple...