HMRC firing off some "warning shots"

[BrilloPad]

It may not be illegal Brillo but it is 'immoral' - something which seems to be causing much consternation amongst our oh so whiter than white politicians

No-one cares about morality anymore. Its survival of the meanest. Though I am not sure how many ever really cared about morality.

Anyway, it is every taxpayers right to arrange their affairs to pay the minimum of tax while keeping within the law.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

No-one cares about morality anymore. Its survival of the meanest. Though I am not sure how many ever really cared about morality.

Anyway, it is every taxpayers right to arrange their affairs to pay the minimum of tax while keeping within the law.

The Victorians cared about morality and also the Daily Mail

[BrilloPad]

The Victorians cared about morality and also the Daily Mail

Victorians=only on the surface. Look at the number of pros in East London and EVERY man in London must have been visiting them twice a week.
Wail=look at their picture titles on right hand side. The last time I looked almost every one had some totty in a bikini.

[The Spartan]

Unfortunately morality will not help to feed your family and pay the bills

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Victorians=only on the surface. Look at the number of pros in East London and EVERY man in London must have been visiting them twice a week.
Wail=look at their picture titles on right hand side. The last time I looked almost every one had some totty in a bikini.

I thought we were talking about tax - how the hell did you get onto totty??????????

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Unfortunately morality will not help to feed your family and pay the bills

Is that a justification for pilfering from Asda Spartan

[The Spartan]

It's immoral to have to pay for civil service pensions, why not just give civil servants a pay increase and tell them they have to pay there own pensions. The only reason there is an outcry about these schemes now is because public spending is down the pan and the economy is tulip.

They should re-evaluate how the money is being spent that way they wouldn't have to look for additional sources of income, the only people that lose out here are those that work hard.

[mudskipper]

I agree that the view of what's moral is subjective, and therefore one has to abide by the law.

What is a grey area is whether that should be the letter of the law, or the spirit. Exploiting a legal loophole to pay less tax is asking for trouble.

[malvolio]

If you look carefully, HMRC are looking at how the end users' income is treated. The EBT scheme itself may be legal, but if you don't declare the resulting income properly you may be in trouble. It's still a bit of a grey area.

But I agree, "morality" is nothing to do with it.

[The Spartan]

I agree that the view of what's moral is subjective, and therefore one has to abide by the law.

What is a grey area is whether that should be the letter of the law, or the spirit. Exploiting a legal loophole to pay less tax is asking for trouble.

It is asking for trouble but the problem is, it's always the little guy/girl that bears the brunt of it because they're easier targets.