Re: FN-FORUM: Legal gubbins you need to follos when employing contractors

date posted 23rd November 2007 15:55

I agree, tax is a necessary evil. But the point is that the taxman is a
brutal, unforgiving and at times unjust official. When we make errors we ge=
t
punative penalties, when they make an error which in this case is astoundin=
g
in its magnitude there is nothing more than an apology and the culprit is
given 24 hr police protection.

Try not paying your tax on time and apologising, see if they let you off.


On 23/11/07 15:27, "Phillip Healey" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

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> We could all just stop paying taxes and watch the country and civil
> liberties crumble into oblivion.
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> Yeah that'll teach 'em!!!!
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> Or we could continue paying taxes and live in a relatively pleasant socie=
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> Regards
> Phill Healey
> Munklefish
> Po Box 70
> Manchester
> M34 3SQ
> T: 0161 408 4759
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Rob Col=
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> Sent: 23 November 2007 15:13
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Legal gubbins you need to follos when employing
> contractors
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> On 23/11/07 15:03, "steve wilson" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> Rob Colton wrote:
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>>> On 23/11/07 14:25, "Benjamin Nolan" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>>> Funny you should mention the loss of those disks....why cant we sue
>>> them....they have disclosed confidential information ?
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>>> The evil taxman has a number of rules like this. A friend was screwed b=
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>>> them and even got a CCJ because his employer went bust owing the revenu=
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> the
>>> PAYE they had deducted from his wages for a year. Because they could no=
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> get
>>> it back from the company they pursued him and sent him to court.
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>>> The revenue do not deal justly with people, they simply want to get the=
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>>> loot by any means fair or foul. They are unrelentingly evil and it gave
> me
>>> (and my mate) great satisfaction to know they are demoralised, rubbish
> and
>>> hate their jobs after this 25 million name database got lost.
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> We should be entitled to compensation, they are quick enough to penalise =
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> if we make mistakes with returns etc. Punative rates of interest, penalti=
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> of 100s or 1000s of pounds.
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> Maybe all 25 million families should write their own penalty notice
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> =A3100 for first instance of loss of data interest running at basic rate + =
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> applied daily until they pay. At the very least the paperwork would see t=
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> swamped for years.
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> Every loss after =A31000.
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> Course it's us who pay, they'll just put the tax up.
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> B*star*s
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