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carousel fraud

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noun

  1. the practice of importing goods from a country where they are not subject to VAT, selling them with VAT added, then deliberately not paying the VAT to the government

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Q-Tech are said to have made a fortune by claiming back VAT on false Europe-wide business transactions in a scam known as carousel fraud.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2012

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