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Originally Posted by Hugh
Well, considering some of the posts, HMRC could recoup a fortune with a "talking bolleaux" tax*.
HMRC are going after people who run businesses but don't declare this as income, not Joe Public with occasional sales....
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Probably
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Originally Posted by denphone
So if l decide to sell some of my prized DVD collection l am fine then Hugh?.
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Not that prized then...
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
I'm a damn site sure than they are not as large as the massive corporations who are avoiding paying their fair share as well as non doms etc.
Shame they don't make as much effort going after them, after all how many successful prosecutions were there in the last parliamentary term ?
The answer by the way, is 1
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Why can't we go after both? Is targeting one group going to be at the expense of another.
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Originally Posted by martyh
It is impossible to prosecute anyone (including large corporations) for tax avoidance, large scale or otherwise.Once prosecutions become possible then we are talking about evasion and the figures I gave show that HMRC have prosecuted record numbers of people during the last parliament
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How about we stop giving corporations these cushy little deals that mean they actually pay less than they should've if they'd paid the taxes due, hit them hard imo if they're found to be trying it on aggressively