Petition against retrospective legislation

[DonkeyRhubarb]

...on another well known contractor website forum.

Seems like a number of people are quite happy for retrospective taxation to be applied as and when the Govt likes. I can't quite believe the spite that some individuals put into their replies.

Which one?

[t2pkid]

212 signatures : rank=417

Doesn't affect me but i'm in

[BrilloPad]

Which one?

Its not the PCG!

[dezze]

Which one?

shout99

[DonkeyRhubarb]

shout99

Oh, I didn't think it was too bad. There were only a couple of people who think we are criminals.

Some people are very niaive. They think it's OK to change the past, and they are happy for politicians to decide what the "spirit of the law" is. What they forget is that these are the same politicians who are quite happy to ignore the spirit of the rules when it comes to their own expenses.

http://www.shout99.com/contractors/s...le.pl?id=60102

[NickFitz]

I've signed as this is clearly unjust.

To those who argue that "These people were trying to game the system and deserve what they get": good luck to you when all your rights of substitution etc. are declared irrelevant by HMRC, and they come after you for your last ten years of dividends, expenses etc.

Then you'll hear from others who are happy to say that you were trying to game the system and deserve everything you get. Will they be correct? If not, how can you be sure you are correct now?

"First they came for those who were caught by BN66, and I did not speak out, because I was not caught by BN66..."

[centurian]

This is a fair point.

Of course, the same could be said about the Cabinet Ministers Jacqui Smith and Tony McNulty with their "second home" expenses. They followed the letter of the rules but many people would also think they were taking the p***.

If it's OK for them then why not for the rest of us?

Absolutely not - they should be censured to the fullest extent, but then MPs are always good as saying "do as we say, not as we do".

[BrilloPad]

I've signed as this is clearly unjust.

To those who argue that "These people were trying to game the system and deserve what they get": good luck to you when all your rights of substitution etc. are declared irrelevant by HMRC, and they come after you for your last ten years of dividends, expenses etc.

Then you'll hear from others who are happy to say that you were trying to game the system and deserve everything you get. Will they be correct? If not, how can you be sure you are correct now?

"First they came for those who were caught by BN66, and I did not speak out, because I was not caught by BN66..."

Very good of somebody not directly affected to sign it.

[BrilloPad]

signatures=237, rank=387

Another 4 signatures and we will be above "force highly paid bankers to pay a retrospective windfall tax"

[BrilloPad]

sig=278, rank=353