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Thing could get very hot if they do.......
Especially under False Flag's collar!
Any news on ALP ?
I think he's stripped down to his Rambo-style best and is single-handedly holding on to the blown out shell of Donetsk airport on behalf of the Donbass militias for the glory of Putin. No yellow boxes were harmed in this action.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
As far as I was aware their tax bill before and after the change was 0 pounds.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
As far as I was aware their tax bill before and after the change was 0 pounds.
Do you have a source? This doesn't make sense to me, considering their house was considerably over the threshold.
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Thing could get very hot if they do.......
Especially under False Flag's collar!
Any news on ALP ?
I think he's stripped down to his Rambo-style best and is single-handedly holding on to the blown out shell of Donetsk airport on behalf of the Donbass militias for the glory of Putin. No yellow boxes were harmed in this action.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
Lord Ashcroft @LordAshcroft · 3h 3 hours ago Pls retweet that my Scottish individual constituency poll will be released at 11am Wed at http://lordashcroftpolls.com Register there to receive
"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
Ralph left 20% to each brother when he died, and the rest went through their mother. That means they got to use the tax-free threshold twice.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
Sounds potentially inheritance tax inefficient to me, though I have no idea of your personal circumstances.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
As far as I was aware their tax bill before and after the change was 0 pounds.
The impact of the deed of variation will surely be felt when the rest of the property is inherited by them (presuming that it will be). So more a question of having engaged in practices that will avoid taxes in the future. I'm guessing that whoever was paid to advise them about this would qualify for the description of a "predatory capitalist".
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
Ralph left 20% to each brother when he died, and the rest went through their mother. That means they got to use the tax-free threshold twice.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
Lord Ashcroft @LordAshcroft · 3h 3 hours ago Pls retweet that my Scottish individual constituency poll will be released at 11am Wed at http://lordashcroftpolls.com Register there to receive
"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
Ralph left 20% to each brother when he died, and the rest went through their mother. That means they got to use the tax-free threshold twice.
Sounds like common sense to me.
But you're a right-wing / flirting-with-voting-Liberal-Democrat type. Even if you dont think it's objectionable from a politician in itself there is surely the question of the hypocrisy of it all.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Ralph left 20% to each brother when he died, and the rest went through their mother. That means they got to use the tax-free threshold twice.
Sounds like common sense to me.
I don't see anything wrong with it, but it certainly goes against the Labour line that tax avoidance, and not just tax evasion, is wrong.
Tax avoidance and evasion are both wrong.
Tax planning however is sensible.
THis comes back to Alistair's point about tightening up country by country accounts reporting rules.
As a director of a company, you have a fiduciary duty to the company, not the Government - so paying more tax than is necessary is not in keeping with those duties. Hence the need for zero tolerance on transfer pricing and country by country reporting.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
FAO : BJO - I notice Matin Laird finally finished tied 5th in the Phoenix Open Golf (after visiting the water at the last). Was this still a profitable bet for you, I recall that you were set to clean up if he finished top 3?
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
Ralph left 20% to each brother when he died, and the rest went through their mother. That means they got to use the tax-free threshold twice.
Sounds like common sense to me.
But you're a right-wing / flirting-with-voting-Liberal-Democrat type. Even if you dont think it's objectionable from a politician in itself there is surely the question of the hypocrisy of it all.
I'd say I'm in the centre ground as of now Like Clegg
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
Lord Ashcroft @LordAshcroft · 3h 3 hours ago Pls retweet that my Scottish individual constituency poll will be released at 11am Wed at http://lordashcroftpolls.com Register there to receive
"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
"Marxist academic Ralph Miliband owned a house in Edis Street, Primrose Hill. At some point after he died in 1994, his widow and two sons signed a "deed of variation" to his will that gave Ed and David each a 20% share in the house, which meant that on their mother's death they would pay inheritance tax only on the remaining 60%." Ian Jack
It basically reduced the size of any IHT bill on 2nd death (his mother whenever) by reducing the assets that went via the surviving spouse. However after the tax changes in October 2008 this was no longer necessary due to spousal transfer of any unused IHT allowances. If her assets are sizable she can/could utilise the 7 year rule on gifts.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
Could get picked up now it's been mentioned on this thread - it wouldn't surprise me if CCHQ have some teenagers employed on £6.50 an hour paid to trawl through social media all day.
One missing piece of your argument is that there the renewables obligation means that there are different market rates for green energy and non-green energy. So theoretically you could get the higher price from generating green energy, and a lower price for the (mostly) non-green energy you used to build it.
Although realistically this is likely to be more than covered by non-energy costs.
The vast majority of the nonsense stemming from the debate over wind farms is based on what the Green Crap has done to public perception. It is purely the result of political decisions.
The marginal cost of wind energy is near zero, compared to any non-renewable source of power, it is incredibly cheap. The problem stems from the inflexibility of markets to address (mainly) barriers to entry, as they have a relatively high up front cost.
When the shift began, the focus of both Tory and Labour party is on a refusal to recognise market failure and attempts to gerrymander the market with a price based incentive to switch production. Hence the higher guarantees of price for renewable electricity to overcome the barrier to entry that existing government funded infrastructure created.
It would have been better for the public perception, if the choice had been made simply to nationalise the construction of wind farms or to subsidise the construction out of general taxation. However as this would have impacted the PSBR it was not politically acceptable to either the Tories or NuLabour.
Pessina is an Italian who has, as far as I can make out, never lived in the UK and therefore never had any UK tax liability. So absurd of EdM to make this - as he appeared to today - an issue of the individual's tax liability, as opposed to the issue of how Boots arranges its tax affairs.
But in any case it might have been better to focus on what Labour would do to make the economy better. It's the fact that Labour do not appear to have anything to say on this which is the issue. Expressing resentment (even if shared) is one thing but it is not sensible politics.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
Could get picked up now it's been mentioned on this thread - it wouldn't surprise me if CCHQ have some teenagers employed on £6.50 an hour paid to trawl through social media all day.
I hope they do some proper research and dont go all in on the back of presumptions. That could cause them difficulties down the road.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
That, on the other hand, is well wrong.
One could (if one was being generous) say it's a quid pro quo for the fact that unmarried couples will face IHT on anything they leave to each other over and above £325,000, whereas married couples can leave each other an unlimited amount.
Married couples can also transfer assets to each other without facing IHT.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
Allegedly, some have said this is potentiallyCGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
Is that the get of jail free for libel, a few weasel words and "allegedly" chucked in for good measure ?
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
No, both residences I'm talking about were two flats in London, prior to Summer 2009. They moved into their current home together then, and haven't sold it yet, so have yet to make a decision about whose primary residence they list it as.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
"Marxist academic Ralph Miliband owned a house in Edis Street, Primrose Hill. At some point after he died in 1994, his widow and two sons signed a "deed of variation" to his will that gave Ed and David each a 20% share in the house, which meant that on their mother's death they would pay inheritance tax only on the remaining 60%." Ian Jack
It basically reduced the size of any IHT bill on 2nd death (his mother whenever) by reducing the assets that went via the surviving spouse. However after the tax changes in October 2008 this was no longer necessary due to spousal transfer of any unused IHT allowances. If her assets are sizable she can/could utilise the 7 year rule on gifts.
So as his mother is still alive EdM has not avoided any tax at all.
The best thing about laying Dave rather than backing Ed on the PM market is that I now have Boris Johnson at +£28.50 to form the first ministry after the GE !
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
"Marxist academic Ralph Miliband owned a house in Edis Street, Primrose Hill. At some point after he died in 1994, his widow and two sons signed a "deed of variation" to his will that gave Ed and David each a 20% share in the house, which meant that on their mother's death they would pay inheritance tax only on the remaining 60%." Ian Jack
It basically reduced the size of any IHT bill on 2nd death (his mother whenever) by reducing the assets that went via the surviving spouse. However after the tax changes in October 2008 this was no longer necessary due to spousal transfer of any unused IHT allowances. If her assets are sizable she can/could utilise the 7 year rule on gifts.
So as his mother is still alive EdM has not avoided any tax at all.
No, but he has planned for doing so once his mother dies. Which is sensible and perfectly legal, just hypocritical.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
You are also suggesting that there was something against either the spirit or even the letter of the law in what they did. You seem to be basing this on rather intimate knowledge of their living arrangements at the relevant time which, frankly, I dont believe you really possess.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
Their first child was born in 2009, the year it looks like they moved in together. Is it that unusual for long-term couples to live in different residences before settling down together? I know a fair few people who have done it.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
You are also suggesting that there was something against either the spirit or even the letter of the law in what they did. You seem to be basing this on rather intimate knowledge of their living arrangements at the relevant time which, frankly, I dont believe you really possess.
I never mentioned the letter of the law. I said something seemed to go against the spirit, but I don't know for certain.
All I know is that Ed Miliband sold a flat in December 2009 and didn't pay capital gains tax on it because he was listing it as his primary residence - a different primary residence to his then girlfriend. Given that she had been pregnant and gave birth to his first son nine months before this date, I have said it would be fun to hear Ed Miliband's take on all this in an interview.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
"Marxist academic Ralph Miliband owned a house in Edis Street, Primrose Hill. At some point after he died in 1994, his widow and two sons signed a "deed of variation" to his will that gave Ed and David each a 20% share in the house, which meant that on their mother's death they would pay inheritance tax only on the remaining 60%." Ian Jack
It basically reduced the size of any IHT bill on 2nd death (his mother whenever) by reducing the assets that went via the surviving spouse. However after the tax changes in October 2008 this was no longer necessary due to spousal transfer of any unused IHT allowances. If her assets are sizable she can/could utilise the 7 year rule on gifts.
So as his mother is still alive EdM has not avoided any tax at all.
No, but he has planned for doing so once his mother dies. Which is sensible and perfectly legal, just hypocritical.
Socrates and others - If you're going to talk about Ed Miliband's tax affairs we're going to insist on a link from a reputable site to back up your assertions.
Socrates and others - If you're going to talk about Ed Miliband's tax affairs we're going to insist on a link from a reputable site to back up your assertions.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
"Marxist academic Ralph Miliband owned a house in Edis Street, Primrose Hill. At some point after he died in 1994, his widow and two sons signed a "deed of variation" to his will that gave Ed and David each a 20% share in the house, which meant that on their mother's death they would pay inheritance tax only on the remaining 60%." Ian Jack
It basically reduced the size of any IHT bill on 2nd death (his mother whenever) by reducing the assets that went via the surviving spouse. However after the tax changes in October 2008 this was no longer necessary due to spousal transfer of any unused IHT allowances. If her assets are sizable she can/could utilise the 7 year rule on gifts.
So as his mother is still alive EdM has not avoided any tax at all.
No, but he has planned for doing so once his mother dies. Which is sensible and perfectly legal, just hypocritical.
His parents planned, not him.
No. He would have been required to sign the deed of variation himself. Indeed the only member of the family who cant be accused of having planned this is Ralph as he was dead at the time. Presumably, as a good socialist, he wouldnt have approved of all this in any case.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
You are also suggesting that there was something against either the spirit or even the letter of the law in what they did. You seem to be basing this on rather intimate knowledge of their living arrangements at the relevant time which, frankly, I dont believe you really possess.
I never mentioned the letter of the law. I said something seemed to go against the spirit, but I don't know for certain.
All I know is that Ed Miliband sold a flat in December 2009 and didn't pay capital gains tax on it because he was listing it as his primary residence - a different primary residence to his then girlfriend. Given that she had been pregnant and gave birth to his first son nine months before this date, I have said it would be fun to hear Ed Miliband's take on all this in an interview.
Even if that is the case, it is still a very flimsy case.
No, but he has planned for doing so once his mother dies. Which is sensible and perfectly legal, just hypocritical.
His parents planned, not him.
No, they didn't. It was a deed of variation signed after his father's death, so it was planned by him and the other signatories (his mother and brother).
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
Their first child was born in 2009, the year it looks like they moved in together. Is it that unusual for long-term couples to live in different residences before settling down together? I know a fair few people who have done it.
Their first child was born around spring 2009, while Ed sold up in December 2009. Presumably Justine was pregnant for about nine months before that too. So they started a family a fair time before selling up Ed's flat.
Socrates and others - If you're going to talk about Ed Miliband's tax affairs we're going to insist on a link from a reputable site to back up your assertions.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
You are also suggesting that there was something against either the spirit or even the letter of the law in what they did. You seem to be basing this on rather intimate knowledge of their living arrangements at the relevant time which, frankly, I dont believe you really possess.
I never mentioned the letter of the law. I said something seemed to go against the spirit, but I don't know for certain.
All I know is that Ed Miliband sold a flat in December 2009 and didn't pay capital gains tax on it because he was listing it as his primary residence - a different primary residence to his then girlfriend. Given that she had been pregnant and gave birth to his first son nine months before this date, I have said it would be fun to hear Ed Miliband's take on all this in an interview.
I wonder what the lowest matched BF trade for NOM will be before May 7th?
It can't possibly go under 1.2, can it?
No idea, it may well do - but the polls could yet shift... in either direction the constituency odds point to 1.3 being too low but those themselves are probably too long for the odds on favourite in alot of them.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
You are also suggesting that there was something against either the spirit or even the letter of the law in what they did. You seem to be basing this on rather intimate knowledge of their living arrangements at the relevant time which, frankly, I dont believe you really possess.
I never mentioned the letter of the law. I said something seemed to go against the spirit, but I don't know for certain.
All I know is that Ed Miliband sold a flat in December 2009 and didn't pay capital gains tax on it because he was listing it as his primary residence - a different primary residence to his then girlfriend. Given that she had been pregnant and gave birth to his first son nine months before this date, I have said it would be fun to hear Ed Miliband's take on all this in an interview.
Even if that is the case, it is still a very flimsy case.
Yes. Legally, it is entirely consistent with Ed Miliband not living with the mother of his son while she was pregnant or during the first ~eight months of his life, which may be the case. Alternatively, the press may have reported the facts incorrectly. I'm sure Ed can clear it up for us.
Swap the name 'Miliband' for that of a Tory, and the myriad voices swarming out of the woodwork to defend the former for his family's 'tax planning' would be having a complete shit fit.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
You are also suggesting that there was something against either the spirit or even the letter of the law in what they did. You seem to be basing this on rather intimate knowledge of their living arrangements at the relevant time which, frankly, I dont believe you really possess.
I never mentioned the letter of the law. I said something seemed to go against the spirit, but I don't know for certain.
All I know is that Ed Miliband sold a flat in December 2009 and didn't pay capital gains tax on it because he was listing it as his primary residence - a different primary residence to his then girlfriend. Given that she had been pregnant and gave birth to his first son nine months before this date, I have said it would be fun to hear Ed Miliband's take on all this in an interview.
Dan Hodges @DPJHodges 17m17 minutes ago Camberwell, London Both Cam and Ed did very well. Ed looked more at ease, but he also had one significant slip-up, over Treasury/Harvard.
I see it is Wednesday before the Scottish poling is released.
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"Ed Miliband tells Boots boss who lives in Monaco: Pay your taxes"
I'm sure the Monaconian government will welcome this reminder to their citizen.
Ed M can criticise others for legal tax avoidance when the Miliband family cough up the Inheritance Tax they dodged on his father's estate . Until then, he just another hypocrite.
They haven't avoided any tax
They haven't evaded any tax, but they certainly avoided it.
How has he avoided it? When my Dad died his share of the estate just passed to my Mum. Isn't that what happened with the Milibands?
"Marxist academic Ralph Miliband owned a house in Edis Street, Primrose Hill. At some point after he died in 1994, his widow and two sons signed a "deed of variation" to his will that gave Ed and David each a 20% share in the house, which meant that on their mother's death they would pay inheritance tax only on the remaining 60%." Ian Jack
It basically reduced the size of any IHT bill on 2nd death (his mother whenever) by reducing the assets that went via the surviving spouse. However after the tax changes in October 2008 this was no longer necessary due to spousal transfer of any unused IHT allowances. If her assets are sizable she can/could utilise the 7 year rule on gifts.
So as his mother is still alive EdM has not avoided any tax at all.
No, but he has planned for doing so once his mother dies. Which is sensible and perfectly legal, just hypocritical.
His parents planned, not him.
No. He would have been required to sign the deed of variation himself. Indeed the only member of the family who cant be accused of having planned this is Ralph as he was dead at the time. Presumably, as a good socialist, he wouldnt have approved of all this in any case.
@Neil - How do you do it, skewering both the Ed Miliband defenders and attackers ?
Their first child was born around spring 2009, while Ed sold up in December 2009. Presumably Justine was pregnant for about nine months before that too. So they started a family a fair time before selling up Ed's flat.
You're allowed to live away from the home for the first 12 months after buying it or the 18 months before selling it while still having it designated as a primary residence for CGT purposes. I'm struggling to see the case you think it would be fun to see Ed answer.
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
"a new electoral forecast by Prof Paul Whiteley at the University of Essex, co-director of the British Election Study from 2001 to 2012. Whiteley’s forecast, based on mathematical modelling, focuses on what happened to seats in previous election rather than the overall share of the vote and is based on a model developed while the British Election Study was based at Essex. ...The new forecast for the 2015 election released to the Guardian shows Labour on 291 seats, the Conservatives 281, the Lib Dems 48 and others 30."
LD incumbency keeps losses to 9? They have 11 changes already.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
You are also suggesting that there was something against either the spirit or even the letter of the law in what they did. You seem to be basing this on rather intimate knowledge of their living arrangements at the relevant time which, frankly, I dont believe you really possess.
I never mentioned the letter of the law. I said something seemed to go against the spirit, but I don't know for certain.
All I know is that Ed Miliband sold a flat in December 2009 and didn't pay capital gains tax on it because he was listing it as his primary residence - a different primary residence to his then girlfriend. Given that she had been pregnant and gave birth to his first son nine months before this date, I have said it would be fun to hear Ed Miliband's take on all this in an interview.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
CGT avoidance, potentially very serious. More explainable if one residence is in Doncaster (for him).
And a serious accusation to be throwing around on someone else's blog as well.
I'm not stating anything other than the truth that they listed their two flats as different primary residences, which is something admitted by the Labour party.
You are also suggesting that there was something against either the spirit or even the letter of the law in what they did. You seem to be basing this on rather intimate knowledge of their living arrangements at the relevant time which, frankly, I dont believe you really possess.
I never mentioned the letter of the law. I said something seemed to go against the spirit, but I don't know for certain.
All I know is that Ed Miliband sold a flat in December 2009 and didn't pay capital gains tax on it because he was listing it as his primary residence - a different primary residence to his then girlfriend. Given that she had been pregnant and gave birth to his first son nine months before this date, I have said it would be fun to hear Ed Miliband's take on all this in an interview.
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
"Socrates and others - If you're going to talk about Ed Miliband's tax affairs we're going to insist on a link from a reputable site to back up your assertions."
I think I find Socrates less tawdry when he follows his paedophile obsessions but it's a close run thing
Thought this article might be interesting, but Kellner doesn't know his subject. Anyone who has a passing knowledge of the tabloid press stories on immigration for the past couple of decades will know about the Albanian connection to Kosovo, and the stories there have been in the tabloid press about Albanians allegedly posing as Kosovars to enter the country as refugees.
Also notable that Kellner mentions "...clear majorities are happy for people in four significant categories to continue coming to Britain in either the same or greater numbers than today." without mentioning at all the opposition to immigration from the other three groups in his poll, notably including refugees.
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
When did he say that?
Mr Miliband added: “So Mr Pessina, who’s being trying to lecture us about what we should be doing in this country – frankly I think he should be paying his taxes.”
"a new electoral forecast by Prof Paul Whiteley at the University of Essex, co-director of the British Election Study from 2001 to 2012. Whiteley’s forecast, based on mathematical modelling, focuses on what happened to seats in previous election rather than the overall share of the vote and is based on a model developed while the British Election Study was based at Essex. ...The new forecast for the 2015 election released to the Guardian shows Labour on 291 seats, the Conservatives 281, the Lib Dems 48 and others 30."
LD incumbency keeps losses to 9? They have 11 changes already.
Just so everyone knows, if anyone wishes to "buy" the LibDems at the forecast of Prof Whitely, I am happy to take the other side of the trade.
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
I dont think he did do you?
He was referring to Boots not the Billionaire from Monaco who says he was misquoted, wasn't he?
Their first child was born around spring 2009, while Ed sold up in December 2009. Presumably Justine was pregnant for about nine months before that too. So they started a family a fair time before selling up Ed's flat.
You're allowed to live away from the home for the first 12 months after buying it or the 18 months before selling it while still having it designated as a primary residence for CGT purposes. I'm struggling to see the case you think it would be fun to see Ed answer.
So if you buy a place, live somewhere else for twelve month, live it in for a month, and then live somewhere else for 18 months, you can list it as a primary residence for the entire time? That doesn't seem right.
It is highly likely that this year one of the UK's major civil engineering companies will be bought by the Chinese.
It would be very interesting to see EdM enforce payment of either Corporation tax or any tax on fees, salary and benefits received by a member of the Chinese board, sat in Beijing or Shanghai.
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
I dont think he did do you?
He was referring to Boots not the Billionaire from Monaco who says he was misquoted, wasn't he?
Spin away.
'The boss of High Street retailer Boots "ought to pay his taxes" rather than "trying to lecture us about what we should be doing in this country", Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.'
and
"It turns out that the chairman of Boots lives in Monaco and is actually avoiding his taxes," he said.
bonus quote
"I don't think people in Britain are going to take kindly to being lectured by someone who is avoiding his taxes on how they should be voting in the UK general election."
'I also disagree on EU product type-approvals. That's true for UK exports to Europe, but we probably wouldn't want our products to have to meet EU standards for export to Canada and the US, for example.'
Instead of using EU standards that are universally approved & used by numerous countries around the world you would prefer to get approval on a country by country basis?
Assume you have no connection with business.
Canada is signing a EU comprehensive trade agreement - which includes products standards amongst many other things like greater movement of Labour. 'Agreements' with other countries would involve much more than tariffs and standards. These things go very deep the structure of an economy.
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
I dont think he did do you?
He was referring to Boots not the Billionaire from Monaco who says he was misquoted, wasn't he?
Sorry I see you were right. EIC should have gone on the Corporate tax avoidance IMO
Still dont think siding with Billionaire Tax Avoiders is a vote winner for the Tories do you?
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
I dont think he did do you?
He was referring to Boots not the Billionaire from Monaco who says he was misquoted, wasn't he?
Spin away.
'The boss of High Street retailer Boots "ought to pay his taxes" rather than "trying to lecture us about what we should be doing in this country", Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.'
and
"It turns out that the chairman of Boots lives in Monaco and is actually avoiding his taxes," he said.
bonus quote
"I don't think people in Britain are going to take kindly to being lectured by someone who is avoiding his taxes on how they should be voting in the UK general election."
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
I dont think he did do you?
He was referring to Boots not the Billionaire from Monaco who says he was misquoted, wasn't he?
Sorry I see you were right. EIC should have gone on the Corporate tax avoidance IMO
Still dont think siding with Billionaire Tax Avoiders is a vote winner for the Tories do you?
The Tories are busy extracting tax from all the people Labour could not be bothered with. £7.2 billion from £43000 people. What must be doubly annoying is that all the people who made money out of helping people avoid paying tax under labour probably avoided paying tax themselves on their ill gotten gains.
The other thing Ed did was for him and his girlfriend, in a serious long term relationship with children, to list different houses as "primary residences", and thus avoid capital gains tax on two properties. Given they were almost certainly living together at this time, this seems to go against the spirit of the taxation system, and I have more issue with it than I do with the IHT avoidance.
Yes, that does indeed sound dubious at first look.
I wonder if it'll get brought up in the election campaign. It'd be fun to see Ed Miliband defend listing two places as primary residences and claiming him and the mother of his children weren't living together.
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
Could get picked up now it's been mentioned on this thread - it wouldn't surprise me if CCHQ have some teenagers employed on £6.50 an hour paid to trawl through social media all day.
It's great to watch the Luvvies on here squirming about tax avoidance/evasion - and all because Ed Miliband told an Italian living in Monaco he should pay tax in the UK!
I dont think he did do you?
He was referring to Boots not the Billionaire from Monaco who says he was misquoted, wasn't he?
Spin away.
'The boss of High Street retailer Boots "ought to pay his taxes" rather than "trying to lecture us about what we should be doing in this country", Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.'
and
"It turns out that the chairman of Boots lives in Monaco and is actually avoiding his taxes," he said.
bonus quote
"I don't think people in Britain are going to take kindly to being lectured by someone who is avoiding his taxes on how they should be voting in the UK general election."
"Socrates and others - If you're going to talk about Ed Miliband's tax affairs we're going to insist on a link from a reputable site to back up your assertions."
I think I find Socrates less tawdry when he follows his paedophile obsessions but it's a close run thing
Is that because it reminds you of the fact you are a tax avoider?
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Re Boston ... "Some exciting news coming up later today."
They've found a non-Kipper?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/8039829/Red-Ed-Miliband-lives-in-1.6m-house-after-shrewd-property-moves.html
http://www.standard.co.uk/business/city-spy-red-ed-does-marxism-the-primrose-hill-way-6519479.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JZL4CBwUOA
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-31088052
Could damage, LDs, Greens, or Labour in Bristol W.
I don't see anything wrong with it, but it certainly goes against the Labour line that tax avoidance, and not just tax evasion, is wrong.
LD lead over Greens 3.3%
Tax avoidance and evasion are both wrong.
Tax planning however is sensible.
THis comes back to Alistair's point about tightening up country by country accounts reporting rules.
As a director of a company, you have a fiduciary duty to the company, not the Government - so paying more tax than is necessary is not in keeping with those duties. Hence the need for zero tolerance on transfer pricing and country by country reporting.
FAO : BJO - I notice Matin Laird finally finished tied 5th in the Phoenix Open Golf (after visiting the water at the last). Was this still a profitable bet for you, I recall that you were set to clean up if he finished top 3?
Like Clegg
However, journalists aren't always great at keeping their eye on the ball and have focused on the IHT issue, which is far more defensible.
Ian Jack
It basically reduced the size of any IHT bill on 2nd death (his mother whenever) by reducing the assets that went via the surviving spouse. However after the tax changes in October 2008 this was no longer necessary due to spousal transfer of any unused IHT allowances. If her assets are sizable she can/could utilise the 7 year rule on gifts.
The marginal cost of wind energy is near zero, compared to any non-renewable source of power, it is incredibly cheap. The problem stems from the inflexibility of markets to address (mainly) barriers to entry, as they have a relatively high up front cost.
When the shift began, the focus of both Tory and Labour party is on a refusal to recognise market failure and attempts to gerrymander the market with a price based incentive to switch production. Hence the higher guarantees of price for renewable electricity to overcome the barrier to entry that existing government funded infrastructure created.
It would have been better for the public perception, if the choice had been made simply to nationalise the construction of wind farms or to subsidise the construction out of general taxation. However as this would have impacted the PSBR it was not politically acceptable to either the Tories or NuLabour.
But in any case it might have been better to focus on what Labour would do to make the economy better. It's the fact that Labour do not appear to have anything to say on this which is the issue. Expressing resentment (even if shared) is one thing but it is not sensible politics.
UKIP (+1)
Ind (-1)
Boston and Skegness.
Big news folks...
Married couples can also transfer assets to each other without facing IHT.
Still might be worth another 100 extra votes in the constituency, although UKIP are already favourites.
Grn 5
SNP 5
others 3 (AIUI)
All I know is that Ed Miliband sold a flat in December 2009 and didn't pay capital gains tax on it because he was listing it as his primary residence - a different primary residence to his then girlfriend. Given that she had been pregnant and gave birth to his first son nine months before this date, I have said it would be fun to hear Ed Miliband's take on all this in an interview.
It can't possibly go under 1.2, can it?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11383739/Tory-treasurer-siphons-off-131K-from-Dunscar-Conservative-Club.html
Is that a government incentive to depress marriage rates?
Can't view them with Bet365 or 888, William Hills system isn't the best either.
Ladbrokes for all their website's faults and Paddy Power are the best two by a mile.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323679/hs283.pdf
The truth I suspect is somewhere in the middle.
Both Cam and Ed did very well. Ed looked more at ease, but he also had one significant slip-up, over Treasury/Harvard.
Ed did very well.
Nearly fell off my chair
Dan cant be feeling well
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/01/2016-general-election-prediction
"a new electoral forecast by Prof Paul Whiteley at the University of Essex, co-director of the British Election Study from 2001 to 2012. Whiteley’s forecast, based on mathematical modelling, focuses on what happened to seats in previous election rather than the overall share of the vote and is based on a model developed while the British Election Study was based at Essex. ...The new forecast for the 2015 election released to the Guardian shows Labour on 291 seats, the Conservatives 281, the Lib Dems 48 and others 30."
LD incumbency keeps losses to 9? They have 11 changes already.
"Socrates and others - If you're going to talk about Ed Miliband's tax affairs we're going to insist on a link from a reputable site to back up your assertions."
I think I find Socrates less tawdry when he follows his paedophile obsessions but it's a close run thing
Also notable that Kellner mentions "...clear majorities are happy for people in four significant categories to continue coming to Britain in either the same or greater numbers than today." without mentioning at all the opposition to immigration from the other three groups in his poll, notably including refugees.
Daily Telegraph today.
He was referring to Boots not the Billionaire from Monaco who says he was misquoted, wasn't he?
It would be very interesting to see EdM enforce payment of either Corporation tax or any tax on fees, salary and benefits received by a member of the Chinese board, sat in Beijing or Shanghai.
'The boss of High Street retailer Boots "ought to pay his taxes" rather than "trying to lecture us about what we should be doing in this country", Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.'
and
"It turns out that the chairman of Boots lives in Monaco and is actually avoiding his taxes," he said.
bonus quote
"I don't think people in Britain are going to take kindly to being lectured by someone who is avoiding his taxes on how they should be voting in the UK general election."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31089663
Still dont think siding with Billionaire Tax Avoiders is a vote winner for the Tories do you?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2486893/Labour-MPs-hypocrisy-interns-Chuka-Umunna-employed-unpaid-staff-campaigning-fairer-salaries.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17767389