How bad is Xmas (food) shopping today?

[threaded]

Do Pot Noodle make a Turkey and Stuffing flavour?

Available in the shops early 2010.

(Geebus, just how many people who know me read this site? )

[Tarquin Farquhar]

We got Tesco in city center not far from office where we got dedicated car parking space, for which I must add the company pays business rates

Talking of which - how the **** it came about that businesses have to pay business rates on employee car parking? FFS!

It belongs to the business, and it has a value. Therefore the business pays business rates on it.

Also, the employee should pay tax and NICs on it as a benefit in kind.

Why on earth would you expect it to be free of taxes?

[AtW]

It belongs to the business, and it has a value.

It's free car parking included as part of rent for our office. It is effectively included into rateable value of the office that we pay - why on earth should we pay extra?

If we were a car parking company then it would be ok to levy business rates, but if it's parking for employees then it's just another tax on employment.