Tax Avoidance Attack on Newsnight 01/02/12

[doodab]

Mr Alexander insisted he did not know that the arrangement allowed him to avoid tax, and has ordered an urgent investigation across Whitehall to see if the practice is widespread.

I'm guessing he wouldn't know that IR35 exists either. Or that it could be used to ensure that he pays his NICs the same as everyone else.

What a bunch of halfwits.

[MrRobin]

They're at it again on Newsnight...

That idiot scrote Owen Jones in the middle keeps talking about Philip Green and offshore accounts... WTF has that got to do with service companies and this case with the CEO of the student loans??

[malvolio]

I'm guessing he wouldn't know that IR35 exists either. Or that it could be used to ensure that he pays his NICs the same as everyone else.

What a bunch of halfwits.

Actually, I can assure you Danny Alexander knows all about IR35. What he doesn't understand is how interim managers and contractors work.