VAT is going up to 20% say government

Raising VAT just increases the black market as even more people send false declarations through customs and accept cash in hand jobs. My friend in america sends goods to me with all invoices removed to avoid vat and customs charges to ensure a fair price of imported goods.

So not only do you evade tax but you brag about it online. Congratulations, thanks for supporting the country you live in. :mad:
 
Not that much considering our debt is probably in the £trillion range with all the off-book stuff.

1%?
You're being fairly naive here.

Debt gets more expensive the more you borrow. The money could have been used to convert our higher yielding debts.

The existing debt is not so much of a problem right now - it is our deficit, requiring us to keep buying the more and more expensive bonds to add to the top of our debt pile.

The money could have been used to help alleviate a good chunk (at least 5%) of two years worth of deficit, assuming no other cuts.
 
So not only do you evade tax but you brag about it online. Congratulations, thanks for supporting the country you live in. :mad:

The money I invest brings in far more revenue than the VAT I don't pay. Though why I should support a country that criminalises me I don't know.

So you willfully evade taxes. Are you prepared to relinquish your right to public services? I bet not.

Only unfair ones, which makes up for me taking out private healthcare.
 
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The money I invest brings in far more revenue than the VAT I don't pay. Though why I should support a country that criminalises me I don't know.

Only unfair ones, which makes up for me taking out private healthcare.
It isn't up to you to decide what is fair and what isn't. It isn't up to you to decide how much you need to contribute.

If you are not happy with being a citizen in the country, you should leave - not bask in its public services and society whilst evading your own contributions.
 
It isn't up to you to decide what is fair and what isn't. It isn't up to you to decide how much you need to contribute.

If you are not happy with being a citizen in the country, you should leave - not bask in its public services and society whilst evading your own contributions.

I will do as my conscience dictates, I am not paying vat for a product manufactured in another country which has nothing to do with the UK. I am in the process of moving out to a more liberal country which doesn't have such ridiculous laws.
 
OP seems like a Labour fanboy! Maybe he should consider all the lies and half-truths that his Labour government perpetuated in the decade of decadent mismanagement we have just seen the end of.
I'm happy paying 20% VAT to be honest. It's a fair tax compared to the dozens of sneak taxes aimed at the working man that Labour have introduced.
Although I always preferred direct taxation so I know where I stood when I opened my wage slip, the previous Labour Government has changed all this with their benefits giveaway. I now prefer the idea of indirect taxes so at least the only people doing better under the Labour Government (and I hate putting a capital "G" there), people on benefits, pay more taxes too.
 
More money for the elite.

Why do you think the elite are the elite?
Do you think that hard work and business talent should benefit people?
This almost sounds communist!
Dammit, of course people with skills, innovation, talent and hard work should be taxed so hard that they leave these shores permanently so average working Joes like me have to pay disproportionatley more to keep the lazy, scrounging, layabouts that your Labour government is so sweet on...

Wakey wakey!


Edit: Yes I know I spelled disproportionately wrong. My fingers are revolting I think.
 
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Elite as the goverment my friend not the working people. Eu is falling with greece, uk is soon to follow and its all part of one goal which you will see soon.
 
Elite as the goverment my friend not the working people. Eu is falling with greece, uk is soon to follow and its all part of one goal which you will see soon.

and what are you doing to prepare for the impending "new world order" and the ensuing super state?
 
EU will not fall because of Greece , its like saying the UK will collapse because Sunderland city went bust . It will never happen , it might happen for a million other serious reasons
 
WRT council tax, remember that the vast majority doesn't go to the local council (haven't read the whole thread so not sure if this has been mentioned, but it should have been!), it goes to the fire/police services and other council services (for example part of my council tax goes to the county council not our borough council, the ones that actually do the day to day running of things).
 
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