Have you been involved in a marketed tax avoidance scheme?

[DonkeyRhubarb]

From what I've heard the programme is going to be "fly on the wall" rather than investigative journalism.

One of the areas they will be covering is tax investigations and I assume they want to show this from the taxpayer's side as well as HMRC's.

It's hard to see how anyone who's used a tax avoidance scheme would come out of this looking good, no matter how heavy handed HMRC have been. HMRC will be seen as good cops pursuing tax cheats.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Fine, and that's a very valid point but the general feeling is that the programme makers will have their own agenda and it won't be compatible with that of scheme users caught up in this mess.

All programme makers have an agenda but a programme about heavy handed tactics from HRMC which are legally questionable would probably be a much more interesting concept than another "tax avoidance is a moral scandal" programme.

[convict]

But, by the same token, if no-one is prepared to explain why they got caught up with these schemes, the promises made by the operators, the legal position as it was at the time etc etc then the only opinion in the media will be that of the Government who have already grouped contractors in with Google and Amazon under the blanket of tax avoiders. It's in the Government's interest to demonise tax avoidance and, thanks to the media and public hysteria, they have effectively made tax avoidance illegal by promoting the idea that tax should be a question of morality and not law.

Fine, and that's a very valid point but the general feeling is that the programme makers will have their own agenda and it won't be compatible with that of scheme users caught up in this mess.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Anyone taking part must be mad...just what the government would love is the justify their actions, trial by documentary...nasty tax avoiders!

Cant see anything positive to come out of it...they should focus on the scheme salesman, and accountants who sold these arrangements.

But, by the same token, if no-one is prepared to explain why they got caught up with these schemes, the promises made by the operators, the legal position as it was at the time etc etc then the only opinion in the media will be that of the Government who have already grouped contractors in with Google and Amazon under the blanket of tax avoiders. It's in the Government's interest to demonise tax avoidance and, thanks to the media and public hysteria, they have effectively made tax avoidance illegal by promoting the idea that tax should be a question of morality and not law.

[mos]

The first company that approached me with such proposal was Indian. The arguments that "they have real office in London Wembley and everything" did not help their cause.

If something looks too good to be true, it probably is.

[LandRover]

WARNING Stitch up

Anyone taking part must be mad...just what the government would love is the justify their actions, trial by documentary...nasty tax avoiders!

Cant see anything positive to come out of it...they should focus on the scheme salesman, and accountants who sold these arrangements.

[BeenGauked]

“Money from taxation funds everything we value most about society....

Except the principal of natural justice perhaps!

Not sure if I value MP's lording it up on expenses or management consultants in the Public sector paying themselves 6 figure salaries to make things more "efficient" whilst simultaneously making the workers redundant.

This whole taxation thing is more about politicians, government and high ranking civil servants looking after their own interests than anything else.

[err]

RUN!

It's a trap!

[TheDandy]

“Money from taxation funds everything we value most about society....

Except the principal of natural justice perhaps!

[RNewton]

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[cojak]

In the interest of balance...

Channnel 4 to turn HMRC into crime-busting heroes with Meet The Taxman docu-series - News - TV & Radio - The Independent

[RNewton]

Award-winning programme-maker, Tiger Aspect, is producing an observational documentary series on tax for Channel 4 and we would like to speak to anyone with an ongoing tax problem.

Filmed over the course of 2014 the series of three programmes will follow tax payers as they deal with a broad range of tax issues.

The series will also film with HMRC to see how they are trying to close the tax gap and what their greater targets mean for tax payers.

Tax avoidance schemes is an important area we are covering and we would like to hear from people whose lives have been impacted by them.

Please contact Ruth Newton on ruthnewton@tigeraspect.co.uk or 0208 222 4891 for more information.

All information is off the record at this stage and doesn’t oblige you to take part in the series.