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BN66 - the road to Judicial Review

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    Anyone seen this story?!?!

    We really are in a Bananna Republic!
    Politicians are wonderfull people, as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, like working for a living!

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      Originally posted by portseven View Post
      Anyone seen this story?!?!

      We really are in a Bananna Republic!
      my god u have got to be kidding me!!!! this is totaly outrageous, businesses are going to leave in droves as we slowly slip into becoming a communist state...anyone for living in constant fear and uncertainty anyone??

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        Originally posted by smalldog View Post
        my god u have got to be kidding me!!!! this is totaly outrageous, businesses are going to leave in droves as we slowly slip into becoming a communist state...anyone for living in constant fear and uncertainty anyone??
        This country honestly scares me these days.... its becoming a joke on so many fronts....I seriously believe, people will become disgruntled and something big will happen in the near future.... draw you own conclusions

        Reflecting on what ASB said re public mood and understanding......

        I can see why the MPs malarky seems like a winner, but I so strongly believe 'greed' is the word of the day..... MPs, Bankers, IT consultants... 'burn them at the stake'...... thats the level of empathy we can expect.... remember people are in the tulip, losing jobs etc. etc. and they see people 'filling pockets'....... we are in this camp in their opinion

        They don't care or understand the legals....... yes if you sit down and have a pint with Joe Bloggs explain the analogies he may come round.... but our channels don't permit that granularity or attention focus.... so its no use.

        and so our date is set lets not lose focus on that, don't give up on FOI..... try and use the MPs issue but beware 'court of public opinion'....
        - SL -

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          Originally posted by smalldog View Post
          my god u have got to be kidding me!!!! this is totaly outrageous, businesses are going to leave in droves as we slowly slip into becoming a communist state...anyone for living in constant fear and uncertainty anyone??
          That's incredible. Given the total disregard HMRC has for its victims, this will ruin many peoples' lives. There'll be no need for retrospection, they don't even have to follow the law, just the law that might exist if they made it up? I find this even more offensive than retrospection, at least that can be fought in the courts. They will use this to destroy people, then walk away. What kind of country has this become?

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            I've seen a number of comments on shout99 about the retrospective elements of IR35. I didn't think it was retrospective. I know that new case law handed down by the courts can be interpreted retrospectively but isn't that normal in criminal law, and does not make the original legislation retrospecitve, as in BN66.

            Any legal experts care to comment?

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              Originally posted by portseven View Post
              Anyone seen this story?!?!

              We really are in a Bananna Republic!
              Isn't this a bit of a non-story? Haven't HMRC always had this power?

              Code of Practice 8 allows them to open exploratory enquiries wherever they see fit. When they first opened enquiries into the MTM scheme, they didn't give any specific reasons or cite any laws that may have been infringed.

              In any case, most tax avoidance arrangements these days have to be registered with HMRC before they can be used.

              I think this story is more a case of HMRC trying to spell it out for thick tax inspectors what they should be looking for.

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                House of Lords votes against retrospective Ports tax

                (Many thanks to LisaContractorUmbrella for passing this on.)

                http://www.regen.net/news/ByDiscipli...tax-plan-again

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                  Originally posted by portseven View Post
                  Anyone seen this story?!?!

                  We really are in a Bananna Republic!
                  Words fail me.

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                    Originally posted by DonkeyRhubarb View Post
                    (Many thanks to LisaContractorUmbrella for passing this on.)

                    http://www.regen.net/news/ByDiscipli...tax-plan-again
                    Subscription only page, can anyone cut n paste it on here ?

                    Tks
                    LL

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                      Originally posted by Lazylobster View Post
                      Subscription only page, can anyone cut n paste it on here ?

                      Tks
                      LL
                      I haven't subscribed. However, you can read the debate here:

                      http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/...9-10-14a.283.6

                      "My Lords, retrospective taxation is unfair, unjust and immoral."

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