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Dead right - it's no coincidence that many of these loophole jurisdictions are UK-dependent territories that are exploited by either UK/US corporations or wealthy individual or businesses from outside Europe. In the main, attitudes in major European countries (i.e. not Lichtenstein/Monaco ) to this sort of behaviour are far less tolerant, and quite rightly so.
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Autos Autos everywhere... (1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P- (2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize (3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful. (4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting. |
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A very interesting topic of discussion, with some excellent comments and some things that I can relate to.
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Another less serious incident, but still shows the mentality of people. His cousin also works on a building site, driving a teleporter. Most of drive around in battered old cars full of tools and all the crap of the day in them. He meanwhile scrimped and saved, and bought himself a fairly new Merc. Nothing flash, but still a significant change. All he got from his 'friends' has been nothing but criticism. As tintin said, no one seems to care about anyone but themselves anymore. Quote:
The drinking water is a good example. There have many ads on TV asking for donations to provide clean drinking waters to people in developing countries, and it's the man in the street that does the donating. Contrast that to what the chairman of Nestle said when he proposed that all water should be privatised. A basic human right that everyone needs to survive, and we have a company with a turnover of 65 billion dollars that wants to privatise water, so they can sell it to you in a bottle. Quote:
An example I just read about last night, which I've heard of similar circumstances before, and also one that I've been at the wrong end of, the thorny issue of child support. In this instance, we had a father who was paying child support, but for whatever reason, he fell behind in his payment. The result, he received a letter demanding immediate payment... of 5cents. That's roughly 2p for us. We live in a society controlled by greed. Greed whereby governments impose tax after tax on those less able to afford it, whilst grovelling to the multi-nationals and offering them incentives to set up shop here. And when questioned about it, they talk about how much revenue comes into the country as a result and how much better off the country is as a result. I don't know about anyone else, but I haven't seen any prosperity brought about by not taxing those who can afford it. Apologies if my response is a little 'heated', but it's one of those things that gets to me.
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The hypocrisy of Bono, the odious worm, can't be a surprise to any of us but some news articles are painting a picture of the Queen sitting with her calculator working out where she can save a few per cent here and there which is ridiculous, of course she hasn't had personal involvement in this. In fact I think I'm right in saying that the Duchy of Lancaster is not subject to tax anyway but has voluntarily paid capital gains tax and since the early 90s, although sometimes a pitiful amount.
As for Lewis' jet, his company (registered in BVI) bought it for just under $27m in 2012. Thanks to the leak, we know that Appleby formed a VAT-registered leasing business on the Isle of Man for Lewis. That company leased the jet from the BVI-registered company and imported it to the Isle of Man. It was then leased again to a UK jet management company that provided Lewis with a crew - and which leased it back to Lewis and his Guernsey company, BRV Limited. All these transactions are seen as 'commercial' so they are eligable for a 100% VAT refund when the jet lands in the Isle of Man. The VAT bill in this case was £3.3m, paid on Lewis' behalf by an Isle of Man accountancy firm. So when the aircraft landed, the customs official simply skipped out the terminal and stamped a VAT-paid form to be kept on board the plane. This grants the plane “full and free circulation” throughout the EU. As soon as the VAT form is stamped, the plane can fly out. Leasing documents in the leak show that Lewis' Guernsey company, BRV Limited, expected to use the plane two-thirds of the time, with him signed up personally to use the other third. EU and UK VAT rules state that refunds should not be granted in relation to private use of aircraft – but Lewis got a full refund because of the above web of companies and transactions. Companies that simply use planes for business are entitled to a VAT refund, but private individuals are not. Morally wrong to most of us but all legitimate. As soon as one loophole closes, a decent tax planner will find another mysterious loophole to make the most of. You have to ask yourself, if you were an ultra high earner with £millions of assets, would you do the same? I know I would.
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Currently '8-less Previously: - Aqua Blue Pearl D3 S8 - Kamut Beige leather, ACC, B&O, factory RSE, solar sunroof, electric blinds, ski bag, Homelink, comfort headrests. - Aqua Blue D2 S8 - Grey leather/Alcantara - D3 A8 3.0 CVT - D3 3.7 V8 Last edited by Conquistador; 7th November 2017 at 02:00 PM. |
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The rub won't be solved until every country agrees to the same rules. So in reality it's never going to stop and there will be undercutting until it's a race to the bottom. It's unsustainable and a country costs X to maintain all the services. Or do we want a country with no state services or benefits, no safety net for the ill, unemployed, no maternity leave, where it's dog eat dog and everything is PAYG. Personally I feel that makes for a poorer society with such inequalities.
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Having lived there, I think that place is called the USA.....
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Autos Autos everywhere... (1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P- (2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize (3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful. (4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting. |
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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A whole load of things used to be legal: slavery; raping your wife; burning so called witches; apartheid. Legality is no guide to morality. These super-rich people are bleeding our civilisation and the rape of the working classes will, ultimately, lead to its decline.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). Last edited by The_Laird; 8th November 2017 at 06:34 PM. |
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