tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post6213206497552902901..comments2024-03-28T08:01:57.803+00:00Comments on HMRC Is Shite: Back To The Future?Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-89538817691578299282014-01-31T09:24:49.030+00:002014-01-31T09:24:49.030+00:00You have shared a great information about HMRC Cap...You have shared a great information about <a href="http://vpassociates.com/our-services-tax-advisor-accountant-services/capital-gains-tax-saving-mitigation/" rel="nofollow">HMRC Capital Gains Tax</a> and <a href="http://vpassociates.com/our-services-tax-advisor-accountant-services/hmrc-investigation-audit-enquiry/" rel="nofollow"><br />HMRC Investigations</a>.Which are very informative for us. ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10609566716761146821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-14815761408309018602013-03-03T15:13:26.789+00:002013-03-03T15:13:26.789+00:00Gordon Brown, as Chancellor wrote to th Union to s...Gordon Brown, as Chancellor wrote to th Union to say that IR & HMCE would never be merged whilst he was in charge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-57550277128923106662010-10-20T12:25:08.470+01:002010-10-20T12:25:08.470+01:00Anonymous at 14:57 - We didn't sell out, we we...Anonymous at 14:57 - We didn't sell out, we were sold out by our very own ex-spy, that twat Paul Evans. SOCA stole everything they weren't entitled to and then wasted it. From my own contacts within SOCA, it is obvious that the only driving force is the amount of money officers can get out of the system. Same old greed and corruption as existed in the RCSs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-50348223146499165652010-10-19T14:57:53.895+01:002010-10-19T14:57:53.895+01:00the old HMCE is gone forever. We sold out to the s...the old HMCE is gone forever. We sold out to the spies and the lies about how good soca would be. The police didnt like us because we were straight and did the job better and cheaper than they ever could, plain jealousy and their greed for power. HMRC is simply too big to be managed by the current crop of overpaid incompetents. The police will take over all criminal law enforcementznd conduct investigations at great expense and corruptly. they fail to adhere to CPIA and PCEA because they know that they can get away with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-85944092308970893682010-10-14T22:43:43.283+01:002010-10-14T22:43:43.283+01:00Anon @ 12:00...
Your suggestions make a lot of se...Anon @ 12:00...<br /><br />Your suggestions make a lot of sense. I hope Dame L Strathie will take note.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-14056128705595954082010-10-13T12:00:59.286+01:002010-10-13T12:00:59.286+01:00At least they weren't sitting on their arses s...At least they weren't sitting on their arses shining their trousers and sending out letters as an investigative technique and ignoring the fact that criminals laughed at them: unlike the "Special Compliance Office" - disliked and distrusted even by old IR. Oh, and HMCE did most of the serious drugs investigation work, not unmarried mothers misclaiming child benefit. SCO were pathetically useless at recovering money from criminals or putting anyone inside. That useless attitude now governs HMRC Criminal Investigation. There are some very dedicated, well trained and highly knowledgeable people from the rest of old IR - particularly among compliance etc, but ex-SCO investigators? Hmmmm..<br /> The solution is very simple as outlined by Anonymous at 1906 on 4 October:<br />Old HMC&E will not be re-formed, nor will old IR, so take CI out of HMRC (including those bits of the intelligence side (RIS) which are entwined with it), put it in NCA with SOCA and UKBA. Then you have one, and only one, organisation dealing with all high level criminality. "Specialist Investigations" (someone was dreaming when they named that one) can then continue to work on low level Revenue crime under civil rules with everything criminal passed to NCA for development and investigation. Level 1 and 2 crime (as defined by NIM) can be dealt with by CID in police forces, too. <br /><br />As for simplifying the tax system - I'm sure there must be some Compliance etc people with some very good, but suppressed ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-78604315039374925752010-10-12T01:18:19.688+01:002010-10-12T01:18:19.688+01:0011 October 2010 01:39
Actually, I was less than i...11 October 2010 01:39<br /><br />Actually, I was less than impressed with the "elite"criminal investigators from C&E when we merged. Seemed to think they were in an episode of The Sweeney, acted like a mid-seventies Regional Crime Squad......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-85090549950280864372010-10-11T01:39:25.915+01:002010-10-11T01:39:25.915+01:00I worked in the Criminal Investigation section of ...I worked in the Criminal Investigation section of HM Customs until 2009 and I was not at all impressed by the staff that came from the Inland Revenue. They lacked flexibility, wanted to know when their meal breaks would be, almost made you wonder if you could rely on them as you put in someone's door on a knock. Glad I left, rubber desk johnnies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-45026629478043683642010-10-05T08:45:10.959+01:002010-10-05T08:45:10.959+01:00Why not get rid of the Tax Credit system and raise...Why not get rid of the Tax Credit system and raise the personal allowances to a level that makes it worth while to get back to work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-83443486140772836342010-10-04T23:31:20.598+01:002010-10-04T23:31:20.598+01:00OP here. Thanks Ken.
You are right about break...OP here. Thanks Ken. <br /><br />You are right about breaking up HMRC and the chances of the government doing it. They are more likely to sell bits of it to the private sector so that half the work can be done at twice the cost.<br /><br />Re your suggestions for simplification:<br /><br />- increase the personal allowances to around £10K<br />- introduce a flat rate of tax of around 20%<br />- abolish all other perverse taxes such as; stamp duty, CGT, IHT, NI etc<br />- increase the rate of VAT to make up the shortfall<br /><br />So by increasing VAT* to over 50% (needed to make up the shortfall) rich people who can afford expensive accountancy firms will stop trying to avoid paying tax?<br /><br />It sounds good but are you sure that the motivation to use offshore, secret bank accounts is because tax is complicated? Doesn't that make your financial affairs more complicated?<br /><br />"However, one of the prime motivations for tax evasion is the complexity of the tax system." I would argue it was a desire to keep more of your money for yourself. That won't change just because you change the rules so that:<br />- what was evasion becomes avoidance <br />- you make avoidance easy for the wealthiest.<br /><br />*VAT is easier to abuse and more expensive to police than income tax/NI/CT/CGT/Stamp Duty or IHT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-52539885987922495392010-10-04T19:06:24.859+01:002010-10-04T19:06:24.859+01:00It should be split
The ridiculously complicated ta...It should be split<br />The ridiculously complicated tax rules should be simplified and streamlined<br />The uniformed detection officers should be rejoined with the detection officers at ports and airports<br />The Criminal Investigation parts (including the very covert capabilities) should be re joined with the new NCA once SOCA is closedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-62316357226386978742010-10-04T10:27:39.312+01:002010-10-04T10:27:39.312+01:00Should remain one organisation, just needs decent ...Should remain one organisation, just needs decent management and systems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-63008454763498228602010-10-04T10:26:17.778+01:002010-10-04T10:26:17.778+01:00Anom, read the last part of this
http://hmrcisshit...Anom, read the last part of this<br />http://hmrcisshite.blogspot.com/2008/02/hmrc-buys-stolen-goods.html<br /><br />KenKen Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-57461141249281341092010-10-04T09:55:36.909+01:002010-10-04T09:55:36.909+01:00Genuine question:
- How would you simplify the ta...Genuine question:<br /> - How would you simplify the tax system? <br /> - What bits of legislation should we lose?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com