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Post by doug61 on Jul 3, 2022 14:04:23 GMT
And things can be perfectly legal and be a "dodge", you are just dodging doing the right and moral thing of paying tax where you make your profits to funnelling them somewhere where you get to keep more of it. Legal? Yes, but still a dodge. Implementing tax laws as they are intended is not a dodge. Interpreting tax laws perversely – otherwise known as "tax avoidance" – can be seen as a dodge, and in some of the more audacious tax avoidance schemes can result in behaviour that is not specifically illegal (as opposed to clearly legal). There have been occasions where HMRC has closed down some of the more egregious loopholes and retrospectively demanded tax payment and penalties for those involved in such schemes. My sympathy for those affected is limited – if you fly close to the sun, you risk melting your wings. But that doesn't mean that multinationals declaring their profits in a single EU state are "dodging" tax, or misinterpreting legislation, in any way. Again, not saying they are, they are legally choosing to dodge paying a higher rate of tax in the country where they make their profits from people whom that tax would benefit. It appears you and I differ on the meaning of the word "dodge" you think it must imply illegal behaviour, I do not. I think there is a moral component also. |
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Post by politician2 on Jul 3, 2022 14:04:41 GMT
Please to dot try and make out that The Guardian and it's readers have the Monopoly on hypocrisy and "doublethink", and there's far more of the buggers too. They don't have the monopoly on it, but they're past masters at it, and they're not the only ones. Margaret Hodge MP has for years been one of the most aggressive MPs in attacking tax avoidance. When leaked papers indicated tax avoidance using Liechtenstein, HMRC offered an amnesty, allowing those who had indulged in aggressive avoidance schemes via Liechtenstein to pay their back tax whilst avoiding large penalties. Hodge was particularly critical of the scheme, arguing that any aggressive tax avoiders that were unearthed should instead be prosecuted. Only one organisation made use of the amnesty – Stemcor, Hodge's family company. www.accountancydaily.co/ex-pac-chair-hodge-forced-issue-rebuttal-ldf-claims |
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Post by zeopold on Jul 3, 2022 20:46:10 GMT
Implementing tax laws as they are intended is not a dodge. I think there is a moral component also. I'm a moderate with no partisan axe to grind, but it must be pointed out that rightists aren't interested in morals, just grabbing the lion's share for themselves and to hell with their fellow citizens. |
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Post by zeopold on Jul 3, 2022 21:52:52 GMT
Please to dot try and make out that The Guardian and it's readers have the Monopoly on hypocrisy and "doublethink", and there's far more of the buggers too. Margaret Hodge MP has for years been one of the most aggressive MPs in attacking tax avoidance. She was also pretty aggressive in attacking child abuse survivors when it served her political ends. I'm a Labour man but freely concede that not all Labour MPs have value as human beings. |
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Post by doug61 on Jul 4, 2022 9:00:04 GMT
I think there is a moral component also. I'm a moderate with no partisan axe to grind, but it must be pointed out that rightists aren't interested in morals, just grabbing the lion's share for themselves and to hell with their fellow citizens. Oh, I know, doesn't mean there shouldn't be times when the right thing is done. they need to be shamed into it perhaps. |
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Post by zeopold on Jul 4, 2022 10:28:06 GMT
I'm a moderate with no partisan axe to grind, but it must be pointed out that rightists aren't interested in morals, just grabbing the lion's share for themselves and to hell with their fellow citizens. Oh, I know, doesn't mean there shouldn't be times when the right thing is done. they need to be shamed into it perhaps. Rightists have no shame. They are motivated solely by selfish greed. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 28, 2022 13:46:19 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 15, 2022 17:43:09 GMT
Unbelievable….
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 13, 2022 10:45:46 GMT
New Statesman email...
The Border Force, nurses, paramedics and postal workers have now joined the railway strikers. The government is booking taxis to take non-urgent patients to hospital. The military has been drafted in to drive ambulances. Rishi Sunak said he would introduce anti-strike laws but Mark Harper, the Transport Secretary, admitted last week that the plans wouldn’t become law in time to impact this set of strikes. Ministers are using a line – that pay rises are not decided by them – which doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. There are pay review bodies, but the government is not bound by their decisions.
The problem for the Conservatives is that even if the public loses patience with the strikers, that doesn’t mean they’ll sympathise with the government. The end of the strikes cannot be portrayed as a victory but merely a return to an unpopular status quo. People won’t be grateful for the resumption of a backlog-ridden NHS or dysfunctional train service.
Look beyond the winter and you will see a recession, the lifting of the energy price guarantee and more inflation. The Office for Budget Responsibility predicted that Britain is facing the worst fall in living standards since the 1950s over two years, not just this one winter. The government might hope that lower public sector wages will mean lower inflation, but even if that were the case lower inflation simply means that prices rise less quickly, not that they fall. Many people’s wages will still deteriorate.
Sunak has had an inauspicious start to his time as Prime Minister. He has failed to set out what he hopes to achieve in government beyond mopping up the mess of his predecessor. There hasn’t been a defining speech that justifies his presence. In parliament he is buffeted by his increasingly unruly backbenchers. In the country he is facing a winter of chaos. For Sunak, the question is becoming: all this pain and for what?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2022 11:32:16 GMT
There will be a permanency to strike action for the foreseeable future due to the drop in living standards of most workers.
This will happen regardless of the Tories or New Labour coming to power.
Already the unions are gearing up for next April's negotiations.
New Labour, Tories and the SNP :Be warned.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 16, 2022 8:12:20 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 16, 2022 12:11:36 GMT
Pie on the money as usual...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 23, 2022 9:38:35 GMT
Winter of discontent #2 - the timetable
Christmas Eve (December 24)
RMT railway workers will stage another strike from 6pm.
London bus workers at Abellio will go on strike.
Royal Mail workers will continue a national strike.
The DVSA strike continues in the North West, Yorkshire and Humber and North Wales.
Unison staff at Environment Agency will refuse to volunteer to attend incidents.
PCS members with Border Force will continue their strike.
The National Highway workers’ strike continues in London and the South East.
Christmas Day (December 25)
The RMT rail strike will continue, although no train services run on Christmas Day.
Unison staff at the Environment Agency will refuse to volunteer to attend incidents.
PCS members with Border Force continue their strike.
The National Highway workers’ strike continues in London and the South East.
Boxing Day (December 26)
The RMT rail strike will continue, meaning limited Boxing Day services are likely to be cancelled.
TSSA members at operator CrossCountry are also set to strike.
PCS members with Border Force will continue their strike.
Unison staff at the Environment Agency will refuse to volunteer to attend incidents until 9am.
December 27
The RMT rail strike continues until 6am.
The TSSA strike at CrossCountry continues.
London bus workers at Abellio will go on strike.
December 28
Ambulance workers and other NHS staff with the GMB union will stage another strike.
DVSA driving examiners’ strikes will start in the West Midlands, the Eastern region and the East Midlands.
TSSA members working for Great Western Railway (GWR) and West Midlands Trains (WMT) will strike from 12pm.
PCS members with Border Force will continue their strike.
December 29
The DVSA strike continues in the West Midlands, the Eastern region and the East Midlands.
TSSA strikes at GWR and WMT will continue.
PCS members with Border Force will continue their strike.
December 30
Road strikes by National Highways employees will begin in the West Midlands and the South West.
The DVSA strike continues in the West Midlands, the Eastern region and the East Midlands.
PCS members with Border Force will continue their strike.
December 31
London bus workers at Abellio to strike.
Road strikes by National Highways employees will continue in the West Midlands and the South West.
Unison staff at the Environment Agency will refuse to volunteer to attend incidents.
PCS members with Border Force will continue their strike.
January 1
National Highways workers to stage two-day action in all areas of the country.
The DVSA strike continues in the West Midlands, the Eastern region and the East Midlands.
Unison staff at the Environment Agency will refuse to volunteer to attend incidents.
January 2
Unison staff at the Environment Agency will refuse to volunteer to attend incidents until 9am.
January 3
RMT members at Network Rail to launch fresh strikes.
RPA staff will resume their walkout.
All PCS members at National Highways, working for the traffic officer service, will take action.
January 4
The DVSA driving examiners’ strike starts in London, the South East, South Wales and the South West.
Traffic officer service workers at National Highways will continue their walkout.
The RMT rail workers’ strike continues.
UK-wide National Highways strike continues.
RPA staff will continue their walkout.
London bus workers at Abellio to go on strike.
January 5
Train workers at 15 operators with the Aslef union to stage a 24-hour walkout.
The DVSA strike continues in London, the South East, South Wales and the South West.
RPA staff will continue their walkout.
London bus workers at Abellio to go on strike.
January 6
RMT rail workers will stage another 48-hour strike.
National Highways workers to stage a two-day action in the East Midlands and eastern England.
The DVSA strike continues in London, the South East, South Wales and the South West.
RPA staff to continue their walkout.
January 7
The RMT rail workers’ walkout continues.
National Highways workers will continue their strike in the East Midlands and eastern England.
The DVSA strike continues in London, the South East, South Wales and the South West.
January 8
The DVSA strike continues in London, the South East, South Wales and the South West.
January 9
The DVSA strike continues in London, the South East, South Wales and the South West.
RPA staff to continue their walkout.
January 10
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union will stage a national strike in primary schools, special schools and early years sites.
The DVSA strike continues in London, the South East, South Wales and the South West.
RPA staff to continue their walkout.
London bus workers at Abellio to go on strike.
January 11
EIS, joined by the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association, will stage another national strike in secondary schools and secondary special schools.
RPA staff will continue their walkout.
Unison members working for five ambulance services in England will stage a fresh walkout.
January 12
London bus workers at Abellio to go on strike.
RPA staff will continue their walkout.
January 13
RPA staff to continue their walkout.
January 16
EIS to stage a national strike for 16 consecutive days until February 2, which will see members in two local authorities strike each day.
London bus workers at Abellio to go on strike.
January 19
London bus workers at Abellio to go on strike.
January 23
Unison members working for five ambulance services in England will stage another walkout.
January 25
London bus workers at Abellio to go on strike.
January 26
London bus workers at Abellio to continue strike.
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