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First of all, let's try to be non political!
Jimmy Carr and others are in the news for a k2 scheme which means they pay little tax. The PM has jumped up and down about this being morally wrong and unacceptable which I find hilarious. Carr and the others are not breaking any rules, surely the government should just close loopholes if they don't like it. There is nothing wrong with tax avoidance, if self employed you can claim loads back like use of a room in your house, pay for broadband (even though some will be personal use) etc. some claim that, some don't. There is advice on here in the business section suggesting people use accountants and any costs will probably be offset in less tax being paid. If your employer said to you they can make you better off by paying you in a legal but different who would not do that? My wife and I use childcare vouchers to minimise on tax.
I just find it pathetic that the PM (who while making cuts think its fine to increase foreign aid while we are in recession, think its fair to rip the motorist off and will not let the British people decide on eu membership - all of which I find morally wrong) is having a go at people who are doing nothing wrong.
Jimmy Carr and others are in the news for a k2 scheme which means they pay little tax. The PM has jumped up and down about this being morally wrong and unacceptable which I find hilarious. Carr and the others are not breaking any rules, surely the government should just close loopholes if they don't like it. There is nothing wrong with tax avoidance, if self employed you can claim loads back like use of a room in your house, pay for broadband (even though some will be personal use) etc. some claim that, some don't. There is advice on here in the business section suggesting people use accountants and any costs will probably be offset in less tax being paid. If your employer said to you they can make you better off by paying you in a legal but different who would not do that? My wife and I use childcare vouchers to minimise on tax.
I just find it pathetic that the PM (who while making cuts think its fine to increase foreign aid while we are in recession, think its fair to rip the motorist off and will not let the British people decide on eu membership - all of which I find morally wrong) is having a go at people who are doing nothing wrong.