Reply to: oh dear: Firms face new tax on staff e-mail to friends

[Mailman]

It is our government not yours.

Thank **** for that!

virtue of the fact that we have developed a civilised and prosperous society.

BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA...feck, who has been listening to too much Gordo Brown lately?

Mailman

[DodgyAgent]

Since when have facts had anything to do with how this country is run by your beloved government!

Mailman

It is our government not yours. You are here earning a living by virtue of the fact that we have developed a civilised and prosperous society. In other words you are our guest. Our government may be tulipe but they are our govt and if you dont like them there is a ship leaving Portsmouth to take you home. I suggest you go there and ask to be clapped in irons and sent back to where you come from.

[ASB]

Since when have facts had anything to do with how this country is run by your beloved government!

Mailman

The only thing I would complain about with that reply is the last 3 words. They've got nowt to do with me.

[Mailman]

By all means slag us all off as sheep - but figure out the system so your facts are straight first....

Since when have facts had anything to do with how this country is run by your beloved government!

Mailman

[Mailman]

I had been wondering just what it was that made you Kiwis so fond of the place.

I dunno but I suspect its got something to do with the ease of English women and the fact it aint that hard to get a well paying job. Sheep are of secondary importance

Mailman

[sasguru]

I had been wondering just what it was that made you Kiwis so fond of the place.

The score is:
Lone Gunman 350 Postman Prat 0

[Ivor1]

I had been wondering just what it was that made you Kiwis so fond of the place.

lol

[The Lone Gunman]

But then again...the very fact this law was passed without any protests from the English just goes to show how much you guys resemble sheep!

I had been wondering just what it was that made you Kiwis so fond of the place.

[AlfredJPruffock]

What a ******* joke!

This is bloody rubbish...imagine if companies are forced to pay this tax and the increased burden on those same companies to install monitoring software (and to then store all that data for how ever long HMRC determines)! Quite simply unworkable!

If ever a country needed a revolution...its England. Imagine if they tried to impose this kind of tax in France (where you got taxed for the private use of cows for sex)...they be in a permanent state of revolt!

But then again...the very fact this law was passed without any protests from the English just goes to show how much you guys resemble sheep!

Mailman

We need more taxes to fund more millitary campagins.

As a keen advocate for British Millitary intervention around the globe Mailman surely you dont begrudge paying more for our Boys in the front line ?


Fades to Land of Hope and Glory ....

[Ivor1]

When I saw that in the Metro today I had to check I had not picked up an old April 1st addition, I thought it was joke.

[swamp]

£500 exemption

So long as you don't have more than £2500 worth of kit, then your personal use should be covered by the £500 exemption.

And IMO servers, training/development machines have no conceivable "personal use" anyway.

[ASB]

But then again...the very fact this law was passed without any protests from the English just goes to show how much you guys resemble sheep!

The law is not passed. It is a part of the finance bill, slipped out under cover of briefing papers. There has been quite considerable noise about this potential change - as you yourself have noticed.

Of course the probability of it not ending up in the Finance Act and passed into law is probably about as high as that of me being pope by tomorrow.

By all means slag us all off as sheep - but figure out the system so your facts are straight first....

[Mailman]

What a ******* joke!

This is bloody rubbish...imagine if companies are forced to pay this tax and the increased burden on those same companies to install monitoring software (and to then store all that data for how ever long HMRC determines)! Quite simply unworkable!

If ever a country needed a revolution...its England. Imagine if they tried to impose this kind of tax in France (where you got taxed for the private use of cows for sex)...they be in a permanent state of revolt!

But then again...the very fact this law was passed without any protests from the English just goes to show how much you guys resemble sheep!

Mailman

[privateeye]

After all, what company buys kit that isn't "required"?

Most Government Departments?

[Lucifer Box]

Treasury sources suggested that the rules would not apply to computers required for office work, even if employees used them extensively for non-work purposes.

I might be being a bit slow here, but isn't this a massive get out? After all, what company buys kit that isn't "required"?