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Thread #104214   Message #2141005
Posted By: Folkiedave
04-Sep-07 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why are they leaving the UK?
Subject: RE: BS: Why are they leaving the UK?
Teribus - Where the Vestey's lived doesn't matter a damn if they have qualified for being "resident but not domiciled in the UK" for tax purposes.

They lived in this country - they were not "resident but not domiciled" for tax purposes. They avoided tax by other means. I have explained this to you more than once.

Now the correct answer to that would be anybody that wants to I suppose

Well Teribus you suppose wrongly. The people who put money into tax- free off-shore schemes are the rich. They can afford it. You cannot just open up an off-shore account you need a certain amount of capital. The rich avoid paying tax that way. Thus the rest of us - taxed at source - have to pay more tax and support the rich in their tax-avoiding habits.

Now apparently the country you now live in has a higher standard of living, and higher taxes and everyone pays them.

Good.

Kindly explain why that would not work in the UK? Because not everyone pays tax here as you freely admit. Now I think it would be a better country if they did. Clearly you agree.

Welcome to the left-wing Teribus. And goodness me you were easily converted once you left the UK weren't you!!