howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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courtesy of the independent on sunday.
Top tax man is new target
Anti-tax evasion campaigners are to target Britain's top tax man. UK Uncut is demanding the resignation of David Hartnett, and plan to pay a visit to HMRC tomorrow to confront him.
The campaigners, who have controversially targeted high street stores such as Topshop and Marks & Spencer, are now turning their attention to Mr Hartnett, the permanent secretary for tax at HM Revenue & Customs.
Mr Hartnett, who the campaigners have dubbed the "best friend of tax-dodging corporations", has been accused of facilitating "sweetheart" deals with the global phone giant Vodafone and Goldman Sachs, reportedly letting them off millions in tax.
In a parliamentary grilling earlier this month, Mr Hartnett denied dealing with the tax affairs of Goldman Sachs, but leaked papers revealed he had "shaken hands" on a settlement last December. Margaret Hodge MP, who chairs the Treasury Select Committee, accused Mr Hartnett of "lying" about a tax deal involving the tax affairs of Goldman Sachs. Mr Hartnett denied lying, but apologised for a "mistake".
UK Uncut says it plans to visit Mr Hartnett, a man exposed last year as the "most wined and dined civil servant" in Whitehall.
UK Uncut said: "We demand that Mr Hartnett resigns, that corporations are made to pay their fair share, and that the money is used to stop cuts to our public services."
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#2
the chancellor hoped to recoup £150 million with his budget rise in stamp duty from 5% - 7% on property sales over 2 milion quid.
the f.t. has found that lawyers have found loopholes to get around it, the main one being buyers signing multi-year leases.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#3
howard;
are you suggesting we are not in this together lol
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#4
Me thinks one or a few are about to tell us its................................legal..............
.......tax avoidance merchants are bad news and not healthy for the nation...........
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#5
correct kieth.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#6
Tim Waterspoon says Amozon tax avoidance could kill off bookshops`....He adds `the rest of us pay our tax,it some
how fits the Amazon dealing methods......................
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#7
just one of many reg.
i think if we all saw some fairness
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