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Making them sit up
Like the irony Ted.
What makes them sit up is the possibility that they won't be able to sit down (on a Commons bench) after the election.
Is this one a vote-winner? Possibly yes, among folk on PAYE. In effect HMRC takes their tax off them before their income gets anywhere near their bank account. So they might be thinking, 'why shouldn't the government introduce 'pay-as-you-bank' for the self-employed and others who have to pay tax after they have received the relevant income?'
Or is it a vote-loser? My guess is that the politicos will have done their research and found that it wins more votes than it loses. Or that it goes straight over most people's heads.
So unless you can get literally millions of signatures on a petition it's not going to amke much difference.
Nobody likes
big bills and most would prefer monthly STO's or DD's. There are the courts for those that will not pay for whatever reason. The normal self-employed person will know that if this goes through then they will be the next target. So for me not a vote winner. Before they come out with these stupid ideas HMRC should sit down with normal people and discuss what can be done, but they won't because to them it is an increase of power as will be "prison for mistakes".
HMRC are becoming a law unto themselves so it really doesn't matter who gets in.
What government is going to say no to ways (they think) of bringing in more money.