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General Category => Politics => Topic started by: Pete on April 10, 2012, 09:15:18 AM

Title: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: Pete on April 10, 2012, 09:15:18 AM

Chancellor says he has found that some of Britain's richest people have regularly paid 'virtually no income tax'

He should join these forums - we mention it most weeks...  ;D

What a numpty.  :o

http://bit.ly/IkHszN (http://bit.ly/IkHszN)

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: Old Cruser on April 10, 2012, 10:09:51 AM

I don't believe that for one minute - covering his back me finks

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: simondjuk on April 10, 2012, 01:16:15 PM

just shows how out of touch he is.

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: Stuart on April 10, 2012, 04:36:34 PM

This doubtless displaced the story in earlier editions, to the effect that the Forestries Minister has discovered huge amounts of bear shit.

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: Slacker on April 10, 2012, 06:52:43 PM

Big difference between wealth and income, that's why we need a mansion tax.

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: Pete on April 12, 2012, 05:59:21 PM

>> This doubtless displaced the story in earlier editions, to the effect that the Forestries Minister has discovered huge amounts of bear shit.

Love it! :)

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: therealjr on April 12, 2012, 06:39:00 PM

It's a smokescreen going after some people who appear to be avoiding paying tax whilst ignoring the real culprits who are blatently flouting the rules.
A case in point. There are now to be rules capping the amount of charitable donations that will avoid tax.
J K Rowling gives £2m to research into Multiple sclerosis. She does this  because her late mother suffered from the disease.
The Government say she should have hung on to the money and paid tax on it!!!
Ridiculous!

Just to lighten the mood on this however was anyone else listening to Radio 2 on Wednesday morning? They got into a real tiswas about this when they were doing a newspaper review. They were reading about a list of the top 10 philanthropists and decided they couldn't read the name of the 2nd person on the list over the radio.
His name
Anurag Dikshit !!!

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: Slacker on April 12, 2012, 08:23:12 PM

(http://i42.tinypic.com/155qqad.jpg)

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: therealjr on April 12, 2012, 08:31:53 PM

I get the bears
I get the Pope
What's the squirrel?

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: Slacker on April 12, 2012, 08:33:40 PM

Where?

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: Pete on April 12, 2012, 08:38:34 PM

>> What's the squirrel?

You mean the one hiding behind the fat cat?

Title: Re: Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy
Post by: therealjr on April 12, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

Quote from: Pete on April 12, 2012, 08:38:34 PM

>> What's the squirrel?

You mean the one hiding behind the fat cat?

Ahhhhhh!
I just assumed woods therefore squirrel !!