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Yeah right, and the mediator wouldn't also be an HMRC inspector, would they?
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...
I think HMRC are delusional if they think they are going to recoup much money from this illegal tax; and definitely not as much as taxpayers money they're spending in pursuing it so far. They really need to take heed of this reality and do the right thing for once.
Good idea! If they win they won't get any money because we haven't got it. If the lose they won't get any money either.
Why don't they save a load of expenses and reach a compromise.
Actually, that's far too sensible - it'll never happen.
Good idea! If they win they won't get any money because we haven't got it. If the lose they won't get any money either.
Why don't they save a load of expenses and reach a compromise.
Actually, that's far too sensible - it'll never happen.
Why don't they save a load of expenses and reach a compromise.
Actually, that's far too sensible - it'll never happen.
It's obvious that HMRC chooses to bankrupt some people to make sure there are no illusions as to what will happen. They effectively have to do it, even though they don't money. Obviously they are not stupid and can see that the message does not get through, so that's why they will start asking to pay up the money to make sure strategies like that won't work.
It's obvious that HMRC chooses to bankrupt some people to make sure there are no illusions as to what will happen. They effectively have to do it, even though they don't money. Obviously they are not stupid and can see that the message does not get through, so that's why they will start asking to pay up the money to make sure strategies like that won't work.
You are exactly right - HMRC will often use a sledgehammer to crack a nut approach to prove a point. Many years back they went after a vicar - the monies put on the church plate at Easter were always kept by the vicar as a tradition - HMRC decided they constituted earnings and therefore should be taxed - they pursued the case and won; it wasn't the tax on a few quid that they were concerned about, it was the opportunity to set a precedent.
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