Quite. I'm sure there are a fair number of brickies etc out there that shove their earnings in a bank account and declare them so as to pay their share of tax. A quick wikipedia search of this Gauke fellow reveals this;
David Gauke claimed £10,248.32 in stamp duty and fees involved in the purchase of his second home in London
Gauke is married to Rachel, who is a professional support lawyer at Lexis Nexis[3] (a law firm specialising in corporate tax law[4]).
It seems to be a requisite requirement nowadays to make a complete idiotic hypocrite out of yourself on the tv if you're a part of this government.
Quite. I'm sure there are a fair number of brickies etc out there that shove their earnings in a bank account and declare them so as to pay their share of tax. A quick wikipedia search of this Gauke fellow reveals this;
David Gauke claimed £10,248.32 in stamp duty and fees involved in the purchase of his second home in London
Gauke is married to Rachel, who is a professional support lawyer at Lexis Nexis[3] (a law firm specialising in corporate tax law[4]).
It seems to be a requisite requirement nowadays to make a complete idiotic hypocrite out of yourself on the tv if you're a part of this government.
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Post subject: Re: Oi, you filthy tradesmen and women!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:14 pm
Ferocious Aardvark
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In fact, TBF, Mr. Gauke has the answer to paying lowly workers in cash - don't fscking pay them at all. This was his recent advert on W4MP:
Quote:Date added: 16 March Closing date: 13 April
Job title: Voluntary Intern
Working for: David Gauke MP (South West Hertfordshire)
Salary: None, but reasonable travel expenses will be paid.
David Gauke, MP for South West Hertfordshire, is looking to recruit a voluntary intern for the constituency office based in Rickmansworth for a minimum of six months.
Duties will include administration, basic correspondence, diary management, fundraising, campaigning and related tasks. The intern will also have the opportunity to work one day a week in the Westminster office.
The successful applicant will have strong communication, IT and organisational skills and be sympathetic to the Conservative Party aims and beliefs.
This opportunity would suit a student, recent graduate or similar.
He said "Lots of people want to do it. It’s good experience". So that's all right, then.
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Post subject: Re: Oi, you filthy tradesmen and women!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:18 pm
Dally
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Can't see the problem. We all know what MPs consider "reasonable travel expenses" to be. The youngster will be made for life after 6 months. If he lives more than a walk away, he'll be able to claim for a house on expenses.
The headlines yesterday were all about HMRC naming and shaming celebs and the stunningly-rich who were using offshore "avoidance" schemes (the likes of Jimmy Carr).
Headlines today are on the lines of "Its ALL of you who are to blame, not just the stunningly-rich, even if you don't know for certain that a cash payment = tax evasion.
They aren't even sneaky with their PR spin these days.
The headlines yesterday were all about HMRC naming and shaming celebs and the stunningly-rich who were using offshore "avoidance" schemes (the likes of Jimmy Carr).
Headlines today are on the lines of "Its ALL of you who are to blame, not just the stunningly-rich, even if you don't know for certain that a cash payment = tax evasion.
They aren't even sneaky with their PR spin these days.
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Post subject: Re: Oi, you filthy tradesmen and women!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:17 pm
Chris28
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These tradesmen who take cash in hand are awful. None of them ever spend any of the money they get "in hand" thereby paying tax on the goods and services they buy. Oh no.
Post subject: Re: Oi, you filthy tradesmen and women!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:12 pm
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Last I heard cash was still legal tender. If I, the consumer, decide I want to pay for something using legal tender then thats my right. Whether the tradesman/cleaner or whoever I pay the cash to pays the correct tax is not my problem so I don't see how his "morally wrong to pay in cash" can stand up.
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