Hmmm... I presumed, obviousy incorrectly, that Accounting Web was a forum where we're all allowed to partake & put forward our observations / points of view...
Apparently not, according to "listerramjet" who would appear to be taking things to a personal level.
I may not agree with some of the points raised, but I'm perfectly happy that they have been put forward... it lends itself to actually considering somebody else's opinion, other than your own...
DJKL makes a very interesting point in considering how our children may react differently to this situation... unfortunately we're stuck with what we have for now.
Just a few general points...
I wasn't aware that UK taxation was based on a company's turnover...
I wasn't aware that a company's annual tax liability was calculted, using the "morall's basis"...
& I certainly was aware that Robin Hood had come back from the dead and had been appointed as the head of HM R&C...
If you must take issue over these large foreign companies paying (or not, as the case may be) less tax than you think they ought to, please base your comments on fact, not moralls.
HM R&C make the rules... these companies pay vast armies of professional advisors to ensure that they follow them... why is this "morally" wrong?
I think the off-side rule is a joke, but hey, it is what it is, and until some muppet at FIFA earns his inflated salary & does something about it, we're stuck with it...
& so it follows, stop harping on about Google & Apple & Ebay & get HMR&C to do its job better (I almost said properly, but that's taking it a tad too far).
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Hmmm... I presumed, obviousy incorrectly, that Accounting Web was a forum where we're all allowed to partake & put forward our observations / points of view...
Apparently not, according to "listerramjet" who would appear to be taking things to a personal level.
I may not agree with some of the points raised, but I'm perfectly happy that they have been put forward... it lends itself to actually considering somebody else's opinion, other than your own...
DJKL makes a very interesting point in considering how our children may react differently to this situation... unfortunately we're stuck with what we have for now.
Just a few general points...
I wasn't aware that UK taxation was based on a company's turnover...
I wasn't aware that a company's annual tax liability was calculted, using the "morall's basis"...
& I certainly was aware that Robin Hood had come back from the dead and had been appointed as the head of HM R&C...
If you must take issue over these large foreign companies paying (or not, as the case may be) less tax than you think they ought to, please base your comments on fact, not moralls.
HM R&C make the rules... these companies pay vast armies of professional advisors to ensure that they follow them... why is this "morally" wrong?
I think the off-side rule is a joke, but hey, it is what it is, and until some muppet at FIFA earns his inflated salary & does something about it, we're stuck with it...
& so it follows, stop harping on about Google & Apple & Ebay & get HMR&C to do its job better (I almost said properly, but that's taking it a tad too far).