Recovering political activist. Executive Director @taxwatch. Hates #corruption #fraud and #injustice. Passions for #photography #food #exyurock
Jan 27, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
.@taxwatch has launched against the infamous "Mr Red" a senior official at Ranger Football Club for historic tax abuse.
This is why this is an important story for everyone interested in #taxjustice and #LoanCharge
taxwatchuk.org/mr-red/
Rangers Football Club ran a disguised remuneration scheme for many years. Players and some staff were paid in loans via an offshore trust, which they claimed was not income and so no income tax was paid.
Jun 16, 2020 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Interesting take on the Jenrick story, with The Sun saying he helped Desmond avoid £50m in "tax" over the Westferry Development - a couple of thoughts. thesun.co.uk/news/11871772/…
So far I have not seen other publications use the term "tax" - We dont have a development tax in the UK in the same way other countries do, but CIL, the levy that the Secretary of State's decision allowed Desmond to avoid is very much supposed to act like one.
Mar 26, 2020 • 21 tweets • 3 min read
Corporation tax is trending in the UK on Twitter because people who are freelancers and contractors but run their affairs though a personal service company are outraged that they are not receiving a bailout given "they pay corporation tax"
These people may well pay corporation tax, but that does not mean they are not engaging in tax avoidance. These structures are a very common tax avoidance trick.
Dec 19, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Right. Signing off twitter for this evening. A few hours ago, I tweeted about the case of a woman who has clearly transphobic views losing her employment tribunal case. And OMFG.
I thought that political twitter was a bit of a sewer, but seriously, my timeline got taken over by a twarmy of transphobes and bigots.
