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

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    Originally posted by SantaClaus View Post
    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.

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      Originally posted by smalldog View Post
      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.

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        Originally posted by Funkman View Post
        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!!!

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          Originally posted by smalldog View Post
          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!
          Lord Clyde in 1929: ‘No man is under the smallest obligation, moral or other, so to arrange his legal relations to his business or to his property as to enable the Revenue to put the largest possible shovel into his stores. The Revenue is not slow to take every advantage which is open to it under the taxing statutes for the purpose of depleting the taxpayer’s pocket. And the taxpayer is entitled to be astute to prevent, so far as he honestly can, the depletion of his means by the Revenue.’

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            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 !!

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              Originally posted by travellingknob View Post
              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?

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                Originally posted by travellingknob View Post
                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
                Join the No To Retro Tax Campaign Now
                "Tax evasion is easy: it involves breaking the law. By tax avoidance OECD means unacceptable avoidance ... This can be contrasted with acceptable tax planning. What is critical is transparency" - Donald Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD

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                  Originally posted by travellingknob View Post
                  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.

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                    backlash:

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

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                      House of Commons biased Research report on S58

                      Retrospective taxation : section 58 of the Finance Act 2008 - Commons Library Standard Note - UK Parliament
                      Join the campaign at
                      http://notoretrotax.org.uk

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