Originally Posted by GUWonder
Taxes within the EU are so very transparent that a majority of people in the market -- buyers mostly, but sometimes even the sellers

-- often cannot readily inform parties in the market what are the actual taxes (or even percentages) paid. (Not that it's much better in the US, for it's not -- especially if crossing state lines within the US.) And getting VAT rebates for purchases within the EU is not necessarily a piece of cake nor even always a possibility/worthwhile.
No (at least de facto) acting/interim/acting interim Director of Communications? Who's performing the same functions until the leave of absence/suspension becomes something besides a leave of absence/suspension?
I know that I have dense days - but I must be having a bad one as I really cannot make sense of the first paragraph.
Re; Director - the Assistant Director and the people in his department will take care of everything until he is fired or exonerated.