Budget tomorrow

[AudiA8Quattro]

You know what. Rather than bleating on about "The Rich" and "it's not fair"  , I'd rather people aspire to be rich themselves.

Then we would all be rich.

 


The opportunity to avoid tax is not exclusive to the rich, it's based on your circumstances. Rich or poor.  The rules are the same for everyone.

Unfortunately not everyone can be rich, that's not how the system works.
I would disagree with your second statement. If you are rich, you have much better opportunity to avoid tax.
Tax avoidance or evasion, it comes down to the same thing, earn your money, pay your fair share of tax just like everyone else.
That way people have nothing to 'bleat' out 
People that are avoiding tax are no better than benefit scroungers 

[The Mighty Elvi]

People that are avoiding tax are no better than benefit scroungers 

Well. No.

Obviously people avoiding tax are generating an income - or similar - which it taxable, and therefore making a contribution. "Benefit scroungers" are not.

[AudiA8Quattro]

People that are avoiding tax are no better than benefit scroungers 

Well. No.

Obviously people avoiding tax are generating an income - or similar - which it taxable, and therefore making a contribution. "Benefit scroungers" are not.

Well we'll have to disagree on that one.
Everyone should pay tax at the current rates, no exclusions.
Both types of people are effectively costing the country money.

[archie837]

SO. Effectively anyone who has ever bought soemthing sub £18 from Amazon, or ANYTHING from Play and other companies who have been using the low value consignment relief to bring value goods to the consumer Are basically benefit scroungers 

[Dolly]

[/quote]
Well that's a well thought out statement.

If you give anybody several options to pay tax, they will all (you will all) take the route that pays least tax and puts more money into your pocket. FACT!

Example.

I can - as a company owner - chose to either:

1. Pay myself a full salary - On which I pay NI and Tax and the company pays NI.
2. Pay myself up to the Tax free allowance and take an annual dividend on my shares to make up my salary.

Both are perfectly legal, yet option 2 pays much less in tax to the Treasury and puts more money into my pocket.

I chose option 2, which is tax avoidance.

What a silly boy I am for doing that.

 


[/quote]

+1

[Jay]

http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/tax-allowances-2012-13/0013703/?source=CRM-221E7AD8

[Roverdose]

Overall i'm quite pleased with the budget even though i'm a smoker. There's alot of sense in what George Osbourne set out. I especially like that on your payslip you will be able to see whats going where. I take the veiw that it could be alot worse and we should thank our lucky stars we're not in the same situation as Greece. And before anyone asks i'm not a conservative 

[Bellend]

I think they should have lowered fuel tax instead of cutting this, cutting that.

It would benefit EVERYONE.

[The Mighty Elvi]

Overall i'm quite pleased with the budget even though i'm a smoker. There's alot of sense in what George Osbourne set out. I especially like that on your payslip you will be able to see whats going where. I take the veiw that it could be alot worse and we should thank our lucky stars we're not in the same situation as Greece. And before anyone asks i'm not a conservative 

You don't sound Conservative to me, just intelligent.

[bobbarley]

I think they should have lowered fuel tax instead of cutting this, cutting that.

It would benefit EVERYONE.

Raising the tax threshold benefits everyone.  Lowering fuel tax benefits just drivers.