The Tax man has his eye on you
Jun 17th 2009, 5:36 am
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Jun 17th 2009, 5:53 am
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Re: The Tax man has his eye on you
Ok, a long wait but they factored in that we need to renew our passports a lot more often than a UK resident.
Anyway, if it's good enough for the Yanks it must be good enough for us
Jun 17th 2009, 6:04 am
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Anyway, if it's good enough for the Yanks it must be good enough for us[/QUOTE]
That is a really good point....we follow the Yanks into unneccesary wars so why not taxation
[/QUOTE]That is a really good point....we follow the Yanks into unneccesary wars so why not taxation
Jun 17th 2009, 6:19 am
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Re: The Tax man has his eye on you
Compare and contrast Lionheart's response to 954RR's.
Jun 17th 2009, 6:39 am
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Re: The Tax man has his eye on you
That is a really good point....we follow the Yanks into unneccesary wars so why not taxation[/QUOTE]
The American system of being able to earn $87k tax free, with all earings over liable to tax is still resented.....just like thier wars. But given we are a small (an largely inactive) portion of the electorate, a similar system may well indeed be introduced for us as we are pretty insignificant politcally, but not financially.... Death and taxes eh?
The American system of being able to earn $87k tax free, with all earings over liable to tax is still resented.....just like thier wars. But given we are a small (an largely inactive) portion of the electorate, a similar system may well indeed be introduced for us as we are pretty insignificant politcally, but not financially.... Death and taxes eh?
Jun 17th 2009, 7:58 am
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Jun 17th 2009, 11:35 am
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Re: The Tax man has his eye on you
you're going to have to have some sort of nationality though and seeing as most nations are keen on getting taxes, I can't realistically see this improving the situation. Of course, you could always try on becoming a Saudi
Jun 17th 2009, 12:35 pm
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Jun 17th 2009, 1:08 pm
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Yeah, but then I wouldnt have thought of leaving Britain if I was an 'honourable' MP who had access to all those public funds to claim in expenses one way or the other.
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Jun 17th 2009, 3:21 pm
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Looks like I best become a Russian.
