Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

I'm not sure just what political party he belongs to these days but, when it comes to massive tax avoidance, let's not forget this guy:

Tony Blair made millions of pounds last year but paid just a fraction of it in tax thanks to the complicated web of companies he has established.

The former prime minister’s secretive business empire declared an income of £12million.
But he was able to reduce his tax bill to just £315,000 after writing off almost £11million as ‘administrative expenses’ – a ‘surprisingly’ high figure, according to one accountant.

The figures show that Mr Blair employed 26 staff, paying them total wages of almost £2.3million, while another £850,000 went on office rent and equipment.
Yet that leaves almost £8million of unexplained ‘expenses’ in the accounts, lodged at Companies House last week.

Yesterday Mr Blair’s closest ally, Lord Falconer, admitted the former premier’s money-making had destroyed trust in him. He said: ‘The constant framing of Tony in the context of earning money has been very damaging.’

Mr Blair runs a business consultancy – Tony Blair Associates – which has deals with the governments of Kuwait and Kazakhstan. He is also a paid adviser to U.S. investment bank JP Morgan and to Zurich International, a Swiss-based insurance company.
And the huge turnover revealed in the latest accounts is potentially only the tip of the iceberg.

The full extent of Mr Blair’s income is cloaked in secrecy because he has constructed a network of companies and partnerships which allows him to avoid publishing full accounts for all his commercial ventures.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083827/The-12m-tax-mystery-Tony-Blairs-earnings-soar-42--pays-315-000-HMRC.html#ixzz37SjXP4fW

Good ol Tone, a true man of the people and a workers best friend.

There's nothing whatsoever wrong with tax avoidance. Bring it on.

It's stupid for anybody earning GBP 100k+ to be paying tax if they can avoid it legitimately.

Giddeon Osbourne disagrees and is going after the thieves.

You now going to vote labour Hilary?, lets face it this is the end of the Tories now.

Thatcher being outed and all.

Remember this is just the beginning.

gf
I have been out all day putting in a kitchen for the mother in law. I am quite pleased to have missed your usual nonsense.

Hays how was Hilarys then???????????????????

the whole of the following is interesting, i think ......

Chicago drug maker AbbVie is a big step closer to slashing its tax bill: Its U.K. takeover target, Shire, said it would recommend accepting a new, higher bid.
That would enable AbbVie (ABBV) to switch its home base to the U.K. and pay a lower rate of tax.

The latest bid of £31.4 billion pounds ($54 billion) is the fifth since early May, and is 35% higher than the original offer.
AbbVie thinks it can achieve a "competitive tax domicile" by moving its base to the U.K., where the rate of corporate tax will be just 20% beginning next April. That's down from 26% in 2011. The U.S. rate is 35%.

And meanwhile the poorer get poorer and poorer.

Re- FTSE bosses 250 times average salary.

That maybe 150 times either way it stinks.

Ten years ago it was a multiple of just 9.

Corp tax 35% in the land of the lawyer?


But if it's tax rates, why not relocate to paddyland, it's even cheaper.

But we live in a prosperous conservative state.

The wealthy plunder and then conserve!

They do now Fred but its the last stand after todays news on thatcher and the peados.

Slowly but surely one by one they will be caught.

RESHUFFLE .............so far.........

8:34pm: Attorney General Dominic Grieve leaves the government.

8:16pm: Transport minister Stephen Hammond out.

8:07pm: Police minister Damian Green sacked.

7:30pm: David Willetts quits, will leave parliament next year.

7:27pm: Nick Hurd stands down as Minister for Civil Society.

7:18pm: Northern Ireland Minister Andrew Robathan quits.

7:17pm: Development Minister Alan Duncan quits “at his own request”.

5:36pm: Ken Clarke quits as Minister Without Portfolio.

5:29pm: David Jones sacked as Welsh Secretary.

Jim Pickard ‏@PickardJE 1m
The most sensational rumour is William Hague quitting no idea if true yet

Looks to me like all the legal Eagles are quitting, I wonder why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LATEST........

9:07pm: Solicitor General Oliver Heald also leaving.

9.03pm: Greg Barker out of DECC and will quit parliament next year.

8:34pm: Attorney General Dominic Grieve leaves the government.

8:16pm: Transport minister Stephen Hammond out.

8:07pm: Police minister Damian Green sacked.

7:30pm: David Willetts quits, will leave parliament next year.

7:27pm: Nick Hurd stands down as Minister for Civil Society.

7:18pm: Northern Ireland Minister Andrew Robathan quits.

7:17pm: Development Minister Alan Duncan quits “at his own request”.

5:36pm: Ken Clarke quits as Minister Without Portfolio.

5:29pm: David Jones sacked as Welsh Secretary

Looks to me like Camoron is panic struck........far more to come they say!!!!!!!!!!!!

When's Dave going?

Tim Montgomerie ‏@TimMontgomerie 8m
The hardworking Owen Paterson has gone. Big blow for Euroscepticism, climate realism and the countryside vote. Lib Dems rejoicing apparently