tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post6169016660261712799..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Your Money and your Life.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-36960822530703003762010-01-10T21:40:40.288+00:002010-01-10T21:40:40.288+00:00Wasn't this introduced by the greatest Chancel...Wasn't this introduced by the greatest Chancellor this country has ever known?paulonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-73431831304783059942010-01-10T00:34:36.459+00:002010-01-10T00:34:36.459+00:00Whoops! Sorry - meant to post the above under the ...Whoops! Sorry - meant to post the above under the previous article. Have re-posted it there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-20225234300007133922010-01-10T00:31:52.936+00:002010-01-10T00:31:52.936+00:00Very valid point about ASH's real reasons for ...Very valid point about ASH's real reasons for visiting homes with cheeeldren in - and indeed it raises the question whether the parents in those homes visited have the right to see the CRB check of anyone who knocks on their door, or at least to request written confirmation from the "authority" in question that a CRB check has been made and that the visitor in question is certified free of all criminal offences. And, of course, if they have one and can show it, it would certainly be worth telephoning the "authority" in question to ask - in all innocence, of course - why the visitor/s were so keen to visit the children's bedrooms whilst the parents stayed downstairs so as not to "interfere with their investigations." After all, a clear CRB doc doesn't prove you're not a crook or a pervert or a nutter - it just proves that you haven't been caught for being any of those things. Could be a chance to hoist a few interfering busybodies by their own petard, methinks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-31493499759799307192010-01-10T00:12:19.334+00:002010-01-10T00:12:19.334+00:00Regardless the level of taxes... its about time so...Regardless the level of taxes... its about time someone returned us to an enterprise economy. Simpler taxes, less paperwork and reduced regulation.<br /><br />That fool Brown (and his grinning predecessor Blair) have done untold damage to this country. I can't believe they'll get away with it AND be rewarded with fat ex-Gov pensions, book deals and lecture tours.<br /><br />I hate them all.John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-48024617024015082482010-01-09T21:10:03.196+00:002010-01-09T21:10:03.196+00:00If it was phased in over 3-5 years, as TFB said, t...If it was phased in over 3-5 years, as TFB said, then Dave could phase it out similarly.<br />And it might give him the excuse he needs for some, unfortunately probably essential, tax increase.Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-87780969226657066442010-01-09T18:39:27.788+00:002010-01-09T18:39:27.788+00:00"How it applies to new businesses is beyond m..."How it applies to new businesses is beyond my knowledge."<br /><br />You work for one full financial year. You pay what is owed on that year, plus on account for the next split into two payments in January and July. It's a bugger.<br /><br />I've been caught twice by this recently - I started self employment then briefly went back into PAYE and have gone back to working for myself. This tax year I have to pay for a particularly good first year but reduced on account as the second year was lower - at the level I expect it to be from now on.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-71065884840985307312010-01-09T18:20:34.194+00:002010-01-09T18:20:34.194+00:00As I recall the change did not require the instant...As I recall the change did not require the instant payment of double tax but was phased in over 3 (or was it 5?) years with a bit being added to each year's bill. <br /><br />How it applies to new businesses is beyond my knowledge. <br /><br />Now I have to say something truly awful. I apologise in advance. <br /><br />In all dealings I have ever had directly with the Inland Revenue (as it was) they have been entirely friendly and helpful. On all but one occasion (about which a written apology from the head honcho arrived, unprompted, once he investigated it) the same has been true of the VAT people. Time and again they have brought to my attention ways in which I could reduce my tax bills. <br /><br />Perhaps things have changed since I retired five years ago, I'll find out next year when my resumption of work shows on my tax return.TheFatBigothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-86970371584632603872010-01-09T17:28:56.342+00:002010-01-09T17:28:56.342+00:00Great post on a particular bugbear of mine. What I...Great post on a particular bugbear of mine. What I have always wondered is what they spent that huge double receipt boost on in the year when they changed the rules. It's all gone down the swanee yet nothing noticeably changed.<br /><br />A shocking waste which can never be changed back as no government could survive an entire year with no tax receipts whatsoever.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-65173463050337858552010-01-09T16:51:50.388+00:002010-01-09T16:51:50.388+00:00Dave is on Dave's side.Dave is on Dave's side.Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812765444160924585noreply@blogger.com