tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post4305521543507326361..comments2024-03-18T17:34:38.641+00:00Comments on HMRC Is Shite: Starbucks Wars - Tax Is VoluntaryKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-89391366957555301122013-06-25T12:55:05.808+01:002013-06-25T12:55:05.808+01:00It is possible to make voluntary additional paymen...It is possible to make voluntary <i>additional</i> payments of income tax (sorry to disappoint the previous poster, but "additional" is the operative word!).<br /><br />However, as far as I'm aware, there's noequivalent provision in Corporation Tax, which is what Starbucks pays on its profits (or not!).<br /><br />My assumption about this, which appears to be confirmed by the quote above, has always been that Starbucks will self-assess more profits than it has to. For example, they can, perfectly legally*, choose not to claim deductions to which they are entitled. They might not claim capital allowances on their coffee machines, for instance (though in that case they'd be able to claim them at a later date...).<br /><br />Stew G<br /><br /><br />(* - and by perfectly legally, I really mean that they are straightforwardly, intentionally allowed to do it. I'm not using the phrase in the weasel-wordy way that Ken and others use it to try to legitimise contrived avoidance schemes that are actually in a very grey area of legality.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-81694521437988665402013-06-24T21:12:14.356+01:002013-06-24T21:12:14.356+01:00I must admit, I was not aware that payment of tax ...I must admit, I was not aware that payment of tax was voluntary.<br />If this is the case, can I now opt not to pay my tax until next year and then maybe pay a figure I decide is reasonable in 2 instalments?<br />Is this RTI for the Big Boys?<br />What a complete mockery for the majority of hard working honest but oppressed taxpayers (not fecking customers!) of the UK!<br />Boycott the beggars, wern't they criticised over the corporate profits they made out of their Afghan and other occupied country retail shops for the troops (U.S. not U.K.)?<br />Hypocrisy, greed and arrogance = profit motive.<br />Will HMRC consider the meagre tax paid as a success?<br />Answers on the back of a postage stamp please, to:-<br />Tax Havens 'R' Us, c/o Any UK/Crown Protectorate or Foreign Brass Plate Co/LLP of your choosing. VAT number and repayments courtesy of HMRC (PLC).<br />ROFL! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-37870091463137703412013-06-24T17:48:30.078+01:002013-06-24T17:48:30.078+01:00No-one has yet explained the basis on which the ta...No-one has yet explained the basis on which the tax is being paid. Is it calculated, due and payable under enacted legislation? If it is voluntary payment, is there a box on the form to accommodate this?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698884514295983365noreply@blogger.com