Hazel Blears pays tax that she "doesn't owe"

[BrowneIssue]

Lots of people in the Netherlands deliberately pay too much tax because the tax office pays it back a year later with 5% interest; best savings bank you can find in Europe.

Sounds like quite a good system to me. Who loses?

[Mich the Tester]

No they don't.

They just put any payments in credit against your SA account

Hello Bogey, back again old bean?

[Mich the Tester]

Who loses?

Bankers. Many people cry for them at night. Most of those people are their trophy wives.

[bogeyman]

Hello Bogey, back again old bean?

Briefly Mitch. Back in blighty for a month. Bored already!

[Moscow Mule]

Why would she get done for tax evasion? The sad thing in the whole debacle is that whilst morally reprehensible, with few exceptions, MPs have done nothing wrong (in terms of breaching the rules) or illegal.

The rules in flipping 2nd homes to 1st homes are pretty complicated. I don't like her, therefore, I hope she's done something against the rules and gets done for tax evasion. At the very least, I would expect it to trigger an HMRC investigation.

[Cyberman]

The rules in flipping 2nd homes to 1st homes are pretty complicated. I don't like her, therefore, I hope she's done something against the rules and gets done for tax evasion. At the very least, I would expect it to trigger an HMRC investigation.

She has committed fraud but I am not surprised that Brown has not suspended her while Cameron has been suspending his MPs. It says it all really !!

[BoredBloke]

Nothing will happen to her or the rest of them. In her case she will keep her seat also as she is the Labour MP for Salford. They could put Gary Glitter as the prospective Labour MP for Salford and He'd win. Afterall they have elected this ginger alien however many times.

[Doggy Styles]

She's got a plastic face.

I doubt she's even human.

[scooterscot]

Erm...I pay taxes I dont owe as well - it's called "On Account", HMRC's legal theft service

WSS - I'm already paying for this year's self assessment based on last years accounts, thieving gypsies. 5 figures too

[SantaClaus]

Why would she get done for tax evasion? The sad thing in the whole debacle is that whilst morally reprehensible, with few exceptions, MPs have done nothing wrong (in terms of breaching the rules) or illegal.

A friend of mine was bitching about it the other day, and then in the next breath was detailing how he put his new plasma screen TV through the company, and claimed for some made-up training that he hadn't been on.

Sorry to disagree with you on this one TheFaQQer.

MPs have done something wrong. They've created a 2-tier system whereby they can claim everything on expenses legitimately. But your friend and Joe Public will get stung with interest and penalties if they are found to have done the same thing.

And I'm sure a lot of MPs were boasting in private just as much as your friend did as to how they have taken the public for a ride.

Oh, and some of the MPs have acted illegally, i.e. claiming for mortgage interest on a mortgage that doesnt exist, and they should be jailed. The others are just morally corrupt and I am not suprised that the public and media are baying for blood.