What HMRC have wasted your APN on in January 2016

[flamel]

Why, it's completely in line with the Government's policy:

* Britain is open for BIG Business ("we'll give them business, sweetheart deals and they'll give us handouts")
* SMEs can ***** Off.
* Contractors can ***** Off, pay their APNs and shoot themselves in the head when done.

Big outfits have been fighting against contractors for ages - the clients buy our services because (a) we're better at it and (b) we're a lot cheaper.

With Capita running governments contractors at very low rates (no-one wants to do it) they have opened the door to the Big Firms. All sounds like a well thought out ploy. There's a lot of ex-Accenture/McKinsey partners in government agencies pulling the strings.

The government needs to keep us just about alive so we can carry on working - as dividend tax is set to increase every year it makes saving difficult. They might pile on the pain with further tax demands, meaning you are effectively working for HMRC.
And we thought this had been abolished in 1833

[flamel]

Not wanting to blow my cover as an HMRC insider (apparently) but what does how she spends her money on a personal holiday got to do with anything?

The waiter forgot to put cyanide in the glass

[northernladuk]

Oh, you can take a holiday. Plastering it over social media is optional, though.

Ahh, I didn't know she'd done that. I thought it was the papers dragging it all up. Good point.

[SomeDude]

Put me in the half brain camp then. I'd be taking a bloody good holiday if I had to put up with the pressure she works under, self induced or not.

I would love to replace the pressure she put me (and so many others) under with the "pressure she works under". Wouldn't mind to get knighted and earn what she earns either.

[DotasScandal]

Put me in the half brain camp then. I'd be taking a bloody good holiday if I had to put up with the pressure she works under, self induced or not.

Oh, you can take a holiday. Plastering it over social media is optional, though.

[northernladuk]

It doesn't per se, that's correct. But there is an image problem. "Adding insult to injury" comes to mind.
If you are a highly-visible, highly-controversial public figure who's been recently responsible for highly controversial cost-cutting measures, if you have half a brain, you try to keep a low profile.
It looks like Dame Disaster and hubby don't even have half a brain in between the two of them.

Put me in the half brain camp then. I'd be taking a bloody good holiday if I had to put up with the pressure she works under, self induced or not.

[DotasScandal]

Not wanting to blow my cover as an HMRC insider (apparently) but what does how she spends her money on a personal holiday got to do with anything?

It doesn't per se, that's correct. But there is an image problem. "Adding insult to injury" comes to mind.
If you are a highly-visible, highly-controversial public figure who's been recently responsible for highly controversial cost-cutting measures, if you have half a brain, you try to keep a low profile.
It looks like Dame Disaster and hubby don't even have half a brain in between the two of them.

[regron]

Not wanting to blow my cover as an HMRC insider (apparently) but what does how she spends her money on a personal holiday got to do with anything?

It doesn't, but in the current climate and all the negative press HMRC has been getting lately, doesn't mean we have to like it especially when she will move on to another high paid job, despite her cocking up this one !!

Just another moan at the establishment I guess.

[northernladuk]

And This !!!! (Taken from another Forum)

Good old Lin Homer !!!!

HMRC's Lin Homer gulped Champagne in first class on US holiday | Daily Mail Online

Not wanting to blow my cover as an HMRC insider (apparently) but what does how she spends her money on a personal holiday got to do with anything?

[regron]

And This !!!! (Taken from another Forum)

Good old Lin Homer !!!!

HMRC's Lin Homer gulped Champagne in first class on US holiday | Daily Mail Online

[BrilloPad]

And why not? They are accountable to no-one.

[EBTContractor]

THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TAXATION

Probably to brush up on what tax law is and where and how it applies.

[DotasScandal]

Why, it's completely in line with the Government's policy:

* Britain is open for BIG Business ("we'll give them business, sweetheart deals and they'll give us handouts")
* SMEs can ***** Off.
* Contractors can ***** Off, pay their APNs and shoot themselves in the head when done.

[demby]

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...0-january-2016

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