Somewhat topical in the UK at present is the issue of tax. Income tax, corporation tax, value added tax, inheritance tax, fuel duty, alcohol duty, etc etc etc. Much hue & cry has been made in the press & by *hackspit* politicians about the morality of the tax avoidance schemes being used by large companies, and indeed by some high-profile ( Read more... )

Right. Few of you can have missed that the USA are crowing mightily about having finally, after nearly ten years and however many millions/billions of dollars spent, bumped off The BogyemanOsama Bin Laden. I have one or two thoughts about this (and related things) - they may not be fully coherent, or indeed even consistent, but here's my tuppence ( Read more... )

According to this article, the gubmint (via HMRC) are planning to take control of working people being paid their salaries, due to the number of fuck-ups by HMRC when assigning tax codes to people, resulting in thousands of people being sent bills for additional income tax, and thousands more being sent rebates ( Read more... )