HMRC firing off some "warning shots"

[Sockpuppet]

BBC News - Tax avoiders to get warning shot from HMRC

Wonder which scheme they are talking about.

[mos]

Wonder which scheme they are talking about.

[BolshieBastard]

BBC News - Tax avoiders to get warning shot from HMRC

Wonder which scheme they are talking about.

Probably that Geoff at wherever thingy!

[geoff from contracta IOM]

Probably that Geoff at wherever thingy!

Nope

[BrilloPad]

Tax avoidance schemes are legal but, in this case, HMRC is saying that it has good reasons to put it under the microscope.

In the new tactic, it is writing to people directly to give them the opportunity to get out of the scheme, which has not been named publicly.

An HMRC spokesman admitted that these people were free to argue because no ruling had yet been made about the legality of this scheme.

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So HMRC is spending money telling people they are already guilty. What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Tax avoidance is not illegal.

Maybe HMRC should spend more time finding ways of getting big companies to pay more tax. They go round like playground bullies. I can't say publicly what I would do with them - but you can probably guess.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

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

[The Spartan]

Politicians using the word immoral now that is ironic, strange how their packages seem unaffected by the austerity measures.

[jamesbrown]

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

What's that? I trust them implicitly, now their expenses are all by-the-book. Move along, nothing to see there. Yep.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Politicians using the word immoral now that is ironic, strange how their packages seem unaffected by the austerity measures.

Quite. An honest politician is the definition of an oxymoron

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

What's that? I trust them implicitly, now their expenses are all by-the-book. Move along, nothing to see there. Yep.

As you should jamesbrown - well done