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

date posted 23rd November 2007 16:08

True indeed, but giving back money is a pointless and in my opinion =
costly
exercise. As I said before any compensation would mean cut backs =
elsewhere
or an increase in taxation to make up for the deficit. So im not sure =
what
else can be done to attone for the errors.

In terms of the tax man being evil, he/she are only doing their jobs. If
they weren=92t so strick many many people simply wouldn=92t pay-up. =
Would you
really see it fit for some people to not pay their taxes whilst still
reaping the benefits of the taxation system ie NHS, Fire Service etc =
etc?
Whilst im sure the taxman can seem harsh at times perhaps, I cant see =
how
they can have one set of rules for one person and another set for =
someone
else. Thus they have to be strict inorder to get the money that keeps =
our
country running at a high level.

Anyway, this all far too political for a freelancers forum. Im sure the
others would prefer it if we argued it out in a Politics forum. ;-)

>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
get
>punative penalties, when they make an error which in this case is
astounding
>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
society,
> by comparison to the likes of Africa etc? Personally id go for the =
latter.
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> Regards
> Phill Healey
> Munklefish
> Po Box 70
> Manchester
> M34 3SQ
> T: 0161 408 4759
> =A0
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Rob
Colton
> 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 by
>>> them and even got a CCJ because his employer went bust owing the =
revenue
> the
>>> PAYE they had deducted from his wages for a year. Because they could =
not
> 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
their
>>> 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
us
> if we make mistakes with returns etc. Punative rates of interest,
penalties
> 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 +
2%
> applied daily until they pay. At the very least the paperwork would =
see
them
> 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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