howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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very little change since hollande took over david, they moved here when the tax rates were much the same.
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has `pledged` the Government`s determination to make wealthy
individuals to pay their `fair`share of Tax.When pressed about the enormous amount of Tax
Avoidance involved he stated ``we are investing more money in HMRC to go after the Tax avoiders``
he added ``we are going to get you``
In Greece`s hour of need their elite greedy pigs are putting their tax avoidance money in Swiss bank
accounts.
Kostas Vaxevanis,investigative journalist gave the names of 2.059 wealthy Greek`s which included
two former ministers and chief adviser to the PM to the authorities who instead of arresting them
arrested the whistle-blower....seems reasonable....
Tax avoidance is a worldwide issue.The time for change of attitude towards the crimes of the rich
has come,this may be the moment when Europe as a whole realises.
UK need a whistle-blower.....we need to catch the big money avoiders not the butcher,baker and candlestick
maker..........
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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The last line oozes envy Reg
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Clairvoyant Closet ?.............purely a response to # 1587....``Reg, the only way you'll ever end tax avoidance is employing a
Stasi type brigade that snoops on small businesses such as cafes, plumbers, window cleaners and builders.``
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Clairvoyant Closet - is that some sort of code?
The point is, you have stated you're very comfortable with some avoiding tax but not others, seems a bit odd
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Illegal tax avoidance has too many loop-holes, and these need ironing out.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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How many times does this need repeating - avoidance is perfectly legal if perhaps of dubious morality; evasion is illegal.
As Peter rightly points out government stats show lowering the tax rate increase treasury receipts of tax.
As I, Barry, Peter & David have all argued in our own ways the only reasonable and fair tax system is the one that is simple a,d ideally applies the same rate to everything, with a sensible tax free allowance that means those on average wage or below pay no income tax.
If you are going to edit posts H - try to ensure they maintain the original sense :-)
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Tax is like so many things the more complex the easier to bend the rules, the simpler the better as there are not nearly so many loopholes.
It is a shame that the Whitehall mandarins of any colour seem unable to grasp this fact.
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Legally evading paying tax has too many loopholes, but by reducing the income-tax of high earners, the Treasury would be down and out.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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so now the govt is considering doing someyhing about the divide?/
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Kostas Vaxevanis is acquitted.......................................
Vanevanis exposed 2,059 Greek Tax evaders including government ministers was arrested causing global condemnation.
In the UK there are 6,000 on the ``Lagarde List``of Tax evaders ......the French Finance Minister has passed other lists to
other European countries.
Tax evaders and avoiders of the world are looking over their shoulders...................
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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I bet a lot of them are
does anyone believe osbourne when he says hes gong after them?
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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"Starbucks executives have dismissed charges that it has underpaid its European tax bills.
Politicians in the UK, Germany and France have called for investigations into the coffee company following Reuters reports into the firm's tax arrangements..."
"...Starbucks paid no tax on its UK earnings for the past three years after recording annual losses. But Reuters reported that US executives claimed in telephone calls with investors that the UK business was profitable..."
"...The House of Commons public accounts committee has asked senior officials from all three companies to address the issues at a hearing later this month. Margaret Hodge, who chairs the committee, told parliament last month that Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google and Starbucks had avoided nearly £900m of tax.
Prime minister David Cameron responded to the claim by saying: "I'm not happy with the current situation. ..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/01/starbucks-dismisses-tax-avoidance-claimsIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I do wonder what the question might be, but here may be one answer...
" Phillippa Williamson stepped down from her role as chief executive of the SFO six months ago, taking voluntary redundancy, and was paid £407,000 towards her pension as well as a further £15,000.
A report from the NAO claims that these payments were "irregular", and said that it refused to approve the watchdog's annual accounts because they had not been approved by the Cabinet Office.
Amyas Morse, comptroller and auditor general at the NAO, said: "There is no evidence that due process was followed in instigating this voluntary redundancy, for example, whether alternative positions within the civil service were sought prior to the severance being initiated.
"There is also no evidence that Cabinet Office approval was obtained. In the absence of Cabinet Office approval, the payment to MyCSP in respect of the CEO's departure must be deemed to be irregular."
Prior to leaving her position at the SFO, Ms Williamson was earning an annual salary of £125,000. "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/9650374/Former-SFO-head-received-400000-irregular-payments.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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interesting debate on newsnight last evening about the big corporations avoiding paying the tax that they should have. our very own honourable member was there stressing the need for a major clampdown.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Revenue cuts deal with Tax evaders...................
Hundreds of tax evaders identified on Britains ``Largarde List will escape prosecution and keep there identities secret under
immunity deals offered by Revenue and Customs.
This is bad news.......it is sending out the wrong message.....these people need to be prosecuted .....it is a typical political
cop out on the ``influential and powerful``
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Take them all to court like Harry Redknapp.
Oh hold on, that cost the taxpayer £millions and HMRC lost.
If HMRC weren't so incompetent and the laws so complicated none of this would happen.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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hmrc got it all wrong picking on 'arry when it was his evil dog that was squirreling the money away in offshore accounts.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Big Tory donor and one of the wealthiest men in Britain Hugh Sloane used his company Sloane Robinson to put £ 24 million
`bonuses` in to a Tax avoidance scheme to avoid £ 13 million Tax to the Treasury.........tip of an iceberg that needs defrosting..?