Reply to: 90% Retention!

[psychocandy]

I had one the other day. Reckoned they could legally get me 82% retention. I worked it out that I was getting over 80% anyway (legally) so told them no thanks.

Then they said my accountant must be lying to me/breaking the law to get 80%!!! Seriously.

I then explained roughly and they said - oh yeh ok then but you can still get 2% extra....

[dmini]

and the number of those websites that seem to display code to me!!
Seriously - why would you buy a London phone no, put a nice-ish piccie of London on your site, then have a Canterbury address

[moggy]

May be they are friends of these people.

h ttp://darkbluesolutions.com/
And

Ethos Corporate Limited

ht tp://www.vanillaumbrella.co.uk/contact.php
And a few more..

certainly all in the same building!

[JonSmile]

May be they are friends of these people.

h ttp://darkbluesolutions.com/
And

Ethos Corporate Limited

ht tp://www.vanillaumbrella.co.uk/contact.php
And a few more..

[cojak]

What does NON DOTAS mean?

DOTAS = Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/aiu/guidance-august-2011.pdf

As for NON DOTAS, who knows? It may mean that they haven't presented the scheme to HMRC yet.

But this website does not have documented proof that it is a proper business. There is no Ltd company info and no reference to any Professional Codes of Conduct it adheres to.

It just looks like a website set up on GoDaddy, running from someone's bedroom.

[Higgs Boson]

What does NON DOTAS mean?

[Bunk]

Looks like it was put together in the early 90's by a 16 year old 'webmaster'...

The main image on the homepage looks a bit squashed. I'm sure the Gherkin and Tower 42 aren't that squat.

Edit: And where's the Heron Tower gone?

[GillsMan]

Their logo looks like it's a rip off of another company's logo. Can't quite picture which one, but it looks relatively similar to me...

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

No, they do confirm that the QC opinion is on their structures.

Of course, they don't say what the opinion is - it could be "well, if you assume a, b & c while managing to avoid d, e & f, factoring in p, q & r while bearing in mind x, y & z, then I am confident (i.e. 51% likely) that the scheme is successful"

Yep you'd certainly trust all your hard earned cash with that wouldn't you

[centurian]

And anyone performing just a little bit of due diligence will have some pertinent questions to ask the owner of the website, (starting with the legal disclosures required of a business website, and the description on WHOIS)...

I had to look

Registrant's address:
The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
address omitted from the WHOIS service.

[centurian]

Well they've got QC opinion.........................of course it could be on whether cheese can be used to make hats................

No, they do confirm that the QC opinion is on their structures.

Of course, they don't say what the opinion is - it could be "well, if you assume a, b & c while managing to avoid d, e & f, factoring in p, q & r while bearing in mind x, y & z, then I am confident (i.e. 51% likely) that the scheme is successful"

[kal]

And anyone performing just a little bit of due diligence will have some pertinent questions to ask the owner of the website, (starting with the legal disclosures required of a business website, and the description on WHOIS)...

Looks like it was put together in the early 90's by a 16 year old 'webmaster'...

[nevergiveup]

Where do I sign up? (NOT!)

[cojak]

And anyone performing just a little bit of due diligence will have some pertinent questions to ask the owner of the website, (starting with the legal disclosures required of a business website, and the description on WHOIS)...

[cojak]

Little fish don't think, they just bite.

I'm amazed the Gov/HMRC haven't found a way to stop providers closing down schemes when the net is full and make them liable for compensation if enquiries are successful - this nonsense and the resulting flood of enquiries would stop if they did.