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"PSC Structure" with Aston Mae - is this above board?

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    #11
    Originally posted by jbryce View Post
    Why would they be upset? Surely they welcome the robust challenge to their operations.....

    But the OP should keep well clear.
    Originally posted by baj84 View Post
    Why would they? Nothing I have said is confidential or inflammatory, i'm simply seeking advice on what they have told me.
    You might want to check the boilerplate text at the bottom of the original email regarding who it is intended for and how confidential it may or may not be.

    Of course if they forgot to put one on there it's fair game
    Last edited by DaveB; 12 November 2014, 17:34.
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      #12
      Originally posted by DaveB View Post
      You might want to check the boilerplate text at the bottom of the original email regarding who it is intended for and how confidential it may or may not be.

      Of course if they forgot to put one on there it's fair game
      As an aside, do you think these schemes read these pages? I wish one of them'd come on and try and defend what is, arguably, a wee bit of a scam.

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        #13
        Originally posted by jbryce View Post
        As an aside, do you think these schemes read these pages? I wish one of them'd come on and try and defend what is, arguably, a wee bit of a scam.
        We had one on here a while back - Breeze if memory serves me correctly.

        I recall he was vociferously defending their claim that their scheme was "zero risk" - when we dug deeper and worked out they meant it was "zero risk" of having to pay more than all the back tax plus interest, which was a bit like saying if you jump off the top of the shard, there is zero risk that the force of gravity will suddenly increase and cause you to hit the ground any harder than you would otherwise have done.

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          #14
          Originally posted by centurian View Post
          We had one on here a while back - Breeze if memory serves me correctly.

          I recall he was vociferously defending their claim that their scheme was "zero risk" - when we dug deeper and worked out they meant it was "zero risk" of having to pay more than all the back tax plus interest, which was a bit like saying if you jump off the top of the shard, there is zero risk that the force of gravity will suddenly increase and cause you to hit the ground any harder than you would otherwise have done.
          Breeze eventally went belly up, not sure it was zero risk for them.
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            #15
            Originally posted by cojak View Post
            Breeze eventally went belly up, not sure it was zero risk for them.
            Anything which results in you no longer being in control of your money is a risk too far.....
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              #16
              If the OP is working with an agency then the scheme is not an option for him anyway - the intermediary are based in Switzerland (and their address is a PO Box number) - so the offshore intermediary legislation will apply.
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                #17
                Originally posted by jbryce View Post
                As an aside, do you think these schemes read these pages? I wish one of them'd come on and try and defend what is, arguably, a wee bit of a scam.
                Originally posted by centurian View Post
                We had one on here a while back - Breeze if memory serves me correctly.

                I recall he was vociferously defending their claim that their scheme was "zero risk" - when we dug deeper and worked out they meant it was "zero risk" of having to pay more than all the back tax plus interest, which was a bit like saying if you jump off the top of the shard, there is zero risk that the force of gravity will suddenly increase and cause you to hit the ground any harder than you would otherwise have done.
                There was one more recently that made a complaint to CUK about an email that I posted. In that case they had put no footer on the email nor had they indicated it was in anyway confidential.
                "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by baj84 View Post
                  Ah well, I guess time will tell

                  Out of curiosity, if this is a dodgey scheme, how do they get away with it when they seem to be so open about it? Why doesn't the HMRC close them down?
                  They aren't open about it. They just send these emails to potential punters and do not expect them to appear on open forums.
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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