Jimmy Carr overcome by grief

I think the fact that Carr mocked the scheme originally has lead to all of this, im sure if he had never made that gag that the pressure on him atm wouldnt nearly be half as bad.
 
I don't think its as polarized as people make out, its a massive scale from one end to the other

claiming back VAT on a computer you bought for personal use that you bought using your company ? - id let it slide

schemes like the K2 one to avoid massive amounts of income tax ? no I would not
 
OldCoals said:
Yeah right.
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I don't have a problem in taking stockhausen at his word, that he wouldn't get involved in elaborate tax avoidance. Some people have principles.
Tax avoidance is morally wrong, as is piracy, again I don't have a problem with the OP's position.

The groupthink displayed here is a bit skewed :(

So what if the rich are obliged to pay more tax, they can always vote Tory if they don't like it, again it is a moral principle that the more able take care of the less able - the unfair and corrupt implemention of this is the problem, not the principle.

Just a footnote, the richest people in this country are descended from the Normans who became rich by slaughtering a lot of peasants, they have no high ground here.
 
gettothechopper said:
Jimmy Carr shouldn't be a scapegoat for this issue, as Im sure many many people do far worse - however I do think this has made him a bit of a hypocrite in regard to 10 o'clock live content on tax dodging and bankers
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I agree with this. He's only one of at least a thousand people who did this. Even if its "morally bankrupt" as the media is claiming, theres no reason he should be made the poster child for Financial Corruption.

And there ARE worse things a person could do than fiddle their taxes a bit. If you must sharpen your pitchforks, aim them at the murderers, child molesters and rapists in society. Their the ones that deserve it.
 
Most people with a least an ounce of sense will try to reduce their tax liability, just because people have found a cleverer way of doing it doesn't make it wrong. Jimmy Carr should have just stuck two fingers up and pointed out to the press/government that at least what he's doing is legal, unlike expense fiddling.
 
Does the government have any right to judge people acting legally? No.

If I had Jimmy's money I'd be doing all I could to legally reduce my tax bill. **** what the Government says about morals.
 
Its legal and the government were/are and have always been aware such things were in place (and undoubtedly use such schemes themselves) so why all the hate for Carr. He would have employed people to see to his taxes to ensure he doesn't pay too much. He's a comedian not an accountant.

Oh and there's not a single working person here who wouldn't pay less taxes if they could.
 
You know, no matter how much I might agree with a particular subject matter, whenever I read a Stockhausen Daily Mail style diatribe it puts me off the subject entirely.

Stockhausen you have a special skill at making even the most rational viewpoint seem like the retarded ramblings of a ritalin-fuelled child.
 
To be honest, it makes his involvement in "anti-elite political satire" highly hypocritical.

I do find it amusing that DC & GO are coming down on him, they have been in power long enough to close these loopholes.
 
Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I think everyone (individuals and companies) should pay the tax they are liable for, without using machiavellian schemes to avoid it. As it is, those with access to fancy accountants and tax experts paying less than they are meant to pay mean the rest of us have to make up the difference.

Maybe I'm unusual in believing in 'society' and responsibility towards the greater community, while so many others just think of what they can get out of it for themselves and stuff everyone else.
 
Accountant: "Hey! Do you want to pay millions in tax or thousands? Either is legal."

Me: "What the **** do you think?".

If it's morally wrong then it should be illegal. It's not illegal. That doesn't make it morally right but self-employed people need to do all they can to keep their earnings and support themselves and their families, especially during a recession.

Carr did exactly the "right" thing by himself and his family, that is, until he decided to fold and admit some kind of guilt, in my opinion.
 
1) I would imagine its a massive ball ache to setup (I hate admin! :))
2) The constant threat that HMRC are going to shut it down any day and ask for all the tax back that you haven't paid
3) Who is going to pay for anything when everyone else joins this scheme?
 
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