There's a lot of "gameing the system" around the Irish Border, always been like that
VAT is a favourite, and fuel excise duty
HMRC used to allow 100% relief for protection money to the bad guys on each side, no receipts of course
The last I read about it they were still on our old 1970s rateable valuation system for rates, the government were too scared to change a system that everyone accepted and still paid up
The politics of history mean no-one is putting border posts up anytime soon either
It's fab if you're one of the little people, proper unhindered free movement.
Not so easy for bigger companies though, who have to follow any rules and regulations
The border area itself is truly beautiful, it's stayed that way because everyone is too scared to build anything there, but you can see why it's called the emerald isle, and it's amazing
The rest of the routes south are almost non stop roadside bungalows from the building boom
Edited By Ady1 on 22/01/2021 16:54:14