I've just been watching the BBC program War on Britain's roads. It's not as sensationalist as I'd feared from the intro, although some people aren't happy with it (as reported in The Guardian). One of the videos showed a confrontation between a cyclist and a taxi driver, where the driver said "You don't pay your way." I assume that he was referring ( Read more... )

The Telegraph recently published an article: "Paying cash in hand is 'diddling the country', says HMRC's Dave Hartnett". I understand his point, but I disagree ( Read more... )

As I've mentioned before, my big plan for this year is to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats. This isn't a sponsored event, in the same way that I didn't get sponsored to go cycle camping in Breton last summer; it's something that I want to do, so I don't need a "bribe". Having said that, if you feel inspired to give money to the charity of ( Read more... )

In the last few years, I've seen some adverts about completing tax returns, e.g. Moira Stuart sitting in an understairs cupboard. However, I've ignored them; I only work for a single employer, and they deduct income tax from my salary each month (PAYE = Pay As You Earn), so I don't have to do a tax return. I do my own calculations in Excel, to see ( Read more... )