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.

Labour MPs are not pulling punches on the tax affairs of David Cameron’s father, calling him “absolutely disgusting” despite there still being some dispute over the extent of any tax avoidance that actually took place. What do they have to say about another prominent politician’s father and his tax affairs?

When Tony Benn’s wife died, he took steps to immediately pass his assets onto his children to reduce their eventual inheritance tax burden. The kids reportedly took part ownership of the family home in Holland Park, which was then quickly sold for £4.1 million. He also placed Stansgate House and its estate in trust, another nifty inheritance tax avoidance measure. Hilary Benn and his siblings directed benefited from his father’s careful tax planning. No wonder the Shadow Foreign Secretary has yet to comment on Dave’s predicament…

the matter of concern with the cameron family is that panama was used as haven of choice
red flags fly (in many senses!) quite rightly as soon as one hears that, for that country has to be one of the shadiest for such dealings

Sadiq Khan is no stranger to dodgy backers. In an attempt to clean up his murky image, his campaign released a list of 100 business backers in the Evening Standard last Friday. Most were drawn from the few business backers still loyal to Corbyn’s Labour. The list includes backers such as Saker Nusseibeh, CEO of Hermes Investment Management – a group that currently manages 15 offshore funds – as well as top RBS banker Martin Bailey and Bank of America VP Jacob Taylor. Taxpayer owned RBS shelled out €23.8 million to German prosecutors in December to settle a tax evasion investigation, and was lambasted for racking up £1 billion in tax breaks earlier this year, while Bank of America recently had to dismantle a special tax avoidance group in disgrace. Khan’s business support is drawn from the types of companies his leader wants to investigate…

Panama was not the place of the tax haven. It is only where the accountants that had papers stolen is based.

hmm
so why would panama be involved at all?

i guess the correct question to ask is where was this company and its offshoots initially formed and then (sub)registered?
something like that anyway

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subsidiary questions then arise as to whether cameron (father) declared his interest, direct or otherwise, in these companies to hmrc, as i would have thought was his obligation

if he went through some byzantine rigmarole to avoiding having to declare interest to hmrc, the more it stinks

and then, if all was absolutely snow white and above board, why the need for byzantine measures?

Typical "distraction" tactics from H/S in trying to switch the "off shore" tax avoidance/evasion scandal away from the "Con" artists.

Strange Moneyam reckon LLOY lost 1.26 p today where IGINDEX reckon it lost 2.76 P ,there are other discrepancies TEF being one ,not seen this before .

Worth looking at the offshore users in Labour.

i'm sure lots of people from all political parties and elsewhere have off-shore accounts - eg trusts - as they are tax efficient ...... pay unto caesar, but no obligation if you don't have to

however, when panama is used as a bolthole, eyebrows are raised and for very good reason

Cameron and wife had Panama account 6years ago.

Interesting to see ball unravelling.

Seedy!

Its taken cameron most of the week for him to come
out and admit he did have an offshore account...
But then again he had other things on his mind,, like constructing
a leaflet full of lies and deception, in an attempt to con the voting public..

Not long now before he feels obliged to resign..

The purpose was not tax avoidance. Read the details properly.

I talked to someone I hadn't seen for some time , the first thing they said is Daves a liar anyway just thought I'd say that .

Haze,

Lynton could do better than that.

Quick go and ask him!

It was reported in the METRO yesterday of the former boss of the International Monetary Fund...Dominque Strauss-Kahn...'Set up 31 offshore companies aimed at avoiding millions in tax.

The 66 year old Strauss-Kahn claimed in 2013 to be against 'unjust' tax havens.
After quitting the IMF over a 2011 sex scandal, he started Leyne, Strauss, and Partners to help clients set up in tax havens.

NOW THAT'S HYPOCRISY!!

Is this the man everybody is talking about!

Is this the man everybody is talking about!

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