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

[SantaClaus]

I disagree. It was very clear who the booing was aimed at. The medalists were cheered - they may even have thought much the same as the crowd. Who's to say what they felt.

With the cuts to services for disabilities, I'm sure they did.

[moggy]

With the cuts to services for disabilities, I'm sure they did.

I think the Tunisian medalist would have been most concerned about cuts to front line services in the UK.

[DonkeyRhubarb]

Just in case anyone wondered, I'm still here and checking the forum every day.

Nothing much to report to at the moment hence the radio silence.

DR

[Buzby]

Just in case anyone wondered, I'm still here and checking the forum every day.

Nothing much to report to at the moment hence the radio silence.

DR

good to know your still here. would be great to get an update from NTRT soon.

[CanPayButWouldRatherNot]

I disagree. It was very clear who the booing was aimed at. The medalists were cheered - they may even have thought much the same as the crowd. Who's to say what they felt.

it went like this .. and tonight presenting the medals to the athletes is George Osbourne ....1 second pause ...BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ....and presenting the flowers is some bloke from sainsbury's ...

bronze medal award for some amazing star ... HURRRAHHH .. clap clap

no_medal_winners_were booed in the process !

[DonkeyRhubarb]

good to know your still here. would be great to get an update from NTRT soon.

Newsletter coming out later this week /early next week.

[BrilloPad]

Just in case anyone wondered, I'm still here and checking the forum every day.

Nothing much to report to at the moment hence the radio silence.

DR

Thanks to you and the rest at NTRT for all your efforts

[BrilloPad]

The Chancellor’s retrospective action on Barclays highlights tax failures - Telegraph

The fact the Treasury was forced into retrospective legislation proves two things: that what Barclays was doing was lawful in the first place, and that tax law, administered by HM Revenue & Customs, was flawed.


“Regardless of the specifics of this case, retrospection conflicts with the principles that should underpin any fair and internationally competitive tax regime,” said Tyrie (Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury Select Committee), which is an issue for everyone trying to make a living in the UK.

The wider concern for business, however, is that the Government has told the Treasury Select Committee that retrospective legislation will be kept to “wholly exceptional circumstances”, which for a cash-strapped Treasury means pretty much any time its sieve-like tax code is shown to be not fit for purpose.

[BrilloPad]

BTW If anyone wants to write to the journalist concerned, try damian.reece@telegraph.co.uk

[DonkeyRhubarb]

The wider concern for business, however, is that the Government has told the Treasury Select Committee that retrospective legislation will be kept to “wholly exceptional circumstances”, which for a cash-strapped Treasury means pretty much any time its sieve-like tax code is shown to be not fit for purpose.

In other words "exceptional" is purely determined by how much £££ is at stake.