No To Retro Tax – Campaign Against Section 58 Finance Act 2008

[smalldog]

Love it! It made my day.

Judging by their upper crust accents, we are clearly dealing with the "establishment" here.

I think setting the dogs on someone kind of gives it away! Did make me laugh, Hartnett didnt know what to do, he just stood there.

[Funkman]

I love the guy that says "well set the dogs on you", F ME!!! what is it victorian times still?!!!! what a Cock.

Allegedly dog man is Robert Venables QC and according to this Tax Specialists, Tax Advisors, Tax Experts on Corporate Tax, Income Tax and Revenue Law

Is the Consulting Editor of The Offshore Taxation Review, The Personal Tax Planning Review, The Corporate Tax Review and The E.C. Tax Journal; Chairman of the Advisory Editorial Board of The Charity Law and Practice Review.

[smalldog]

Allegedly dog man is Robert Venables QC and according to this Tax Specialists, Tax Advisors, Tax Experts on Corporate Tax, Income Tax and Revenue Law

Is the Consulting Editor of The Offshore Taxation Review, The Personal Tax Planning Review, The Corporate Tax Review and The E.C. Tax Journal; Chairman of the Advisory Editorial Board of The Charity Law and Practice Review.

I wonder if he will now be setting the dogs on his old mate Hartnett: BBC News - Lawyers face tax dodging scrutiny from HMRC

Just goes to show you, if people like Venables and other QC's are chums of ole Dave to the point they attend his retirement dinner, we didnt stand a hope in hell of winning the JR!!!

[nick4notax]

I wonder if he will now be setting the dogs on his old mate Hartnett: BBC News - Lawyers face tax dodging scrutiny from HMRC

Just goes to show you, if people like Venables and other QC's are chums of ole Dave to the point they attend his retirement dinner, we didnt stand a hope in hell of winning the JR!!!

I can just imagine them laughing at how optimistic we all were, while scoffing cheese'n'buscuits over a vintage port...
They make normal people like us sick to the back teeth!

[travellingknob]

Gauke acknowledges ....

Just had a David Gawke reply forwarded to me from MP. To me several acknowledgements were made that no one particularly discussed on here before.... aside from the usual factually incorrect junk about 'the courts decided' the bit that stands out for me is that the letter clearly acknowledges that this IS retrospection. It goes on to justify that HMRC always stated... and that I should have known i was at risk of .... etc etc but then the letter talks about dates that HMRC communicated to scheme users and here the very first date they come up with is February 2008. Its lists other dates later on but thats the crunch..... HMRC communicates in Feb 2008 and that apparently justifies the announcement in March 2008 of retrospection going back decades ! Unbelieveable !!

[BrilloPad]

Just had a David Gawke reply forwarded to me from MP. To me several acknowledgements were made that no one particularly discussed on here before.... aside from the usual factually incorrect junk about 'the courts decided' the bit that stands out for me is that the letter clearly acknowledges that this IS retrospection. It goes on to justify that HMRC always stated... and that I should have known i was at risk of .... etc etc but then the letter talks about dates that HMRC communicated to scheme users and here the very first date they come up with is February 2008. Its lists other dates later on but thats the crunch..... HMRC communicates in Feb 2008 and that apparently justifies the announcement in March 2008 of retrospection going back decades ! Unbelieveable !!

Unbelievable indeed. I do wonder if that letter will be retrospectrively clarified?

[Emigre]

Just had a David Gawke reply forwarded to me from MP. To me several acknowledgements were made that no one particularly discussed on here before.... aside from the usual factually incorrect junk about 'the courts decided' the bit that stands out for me is that the letter clearly acknowledges that this IS retrospection. It goes on to justify that HMRC always stated... and that I should have known i was at risk of .... etc etc but then the letter talks about dates that HMRC communicated to scheme users and here the very first date they come up with is February 2008. Its lists other dates later on but thats the crunch..... HMRC communicates in Feb 2008 and that apparently justifies the announcement in March 2008 of retrospection going back decades ! Unbelieveable !!

Please forward a copy to Whitehouse.

Thanks

[AlbionRovers]

Just had a David Gawke reply forwarded to me from MP. To me several acknowledgements were made that no one particularly discussed on here before.... aside from the usual factually incorrect junk about 'the courts decided' the bit that stands out for me is that the letter clearly acknowledges that this IS retrospection. It goes on to justify that HMRC always stated... and that I should have known i was at risk of .... etc etc but then the letter talks about dates that HMRC communicated to scheme users and here the very first date they come up with is February 2008. Its lists other dates later on but thats the crunch..... HMRC communicates in Feb 2008 and that apparently justifies the announcement in March 2008 of retrospection going back decades ! Unbelieveable !!

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Yes, i got the same reply and picked up on this immediately. It sticks out like a sore thumb. They can backtrack all they like going forward (hoho) but we now have this admission down on paper.

[smalldog]

backlash:

HMRC Hammered by the Low Tax Group | Contracting Consulting Freelancing Made Easy

[Dieselpower]

House of Commons biased Research report on S58

Retrospective taxation : section 58 of the Finance Act 2008 - Commons Library Standard Note - UK Parliament