Gary Glitter and retrospection

[Unix]

No-one in S58 is accused of evasion.

Is it illegal?

[Unix]

So retrospection is ok for s58 - but not for nonces?

It was always illegal, they just clarified the law later.

[fullyautomatix]

I think the rule of thumb is, if you are going to use a loophole to avoid or evade tax, dont take the piss. If you avoid 100K of tax and are in the high earning bracket, you can be sure at some point HMRC's radar will pick it up.

[FatLazyContractor]

I think the rule of thumb is,

nothing when ones got their thumb deep upside.

You pay tax => You are in the system and you get harassed.

You don't pay any tax => You are not in the system.

There is however nothing stopping Her Majesty's Rascal C**ts to crap on your face.

[EternalOptimist]

So retrospection is ok for s58 - but not for nonces?

Not at all.
HMRC are not upholding the law and are a law unto themselves

[BrilloPad]

It was always illegal, they just clarified the law later.

Why did they need to clarify the law if it was already illegal?

We were always quite happy to fight the law as it was.

[SantaClaus]