Tax Havens

Cameron says that he and his wife had £30,000 in Blairmore. The Blairmore papers say that the minimum is £70,000.
I am surprised that has not been picked up.

The Telegraph thought that Tony Benn's system was good, not illegal and sensible for all of us who own homes more than the IHT limit. That doesn't concern me.

www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/tax/11189430/Tony-Benns-inheritance-tax-dodge-how-it-works-and-how-you-can-use-it-too.html

Yep! Bound to happen and there will be a lot more. Doesn't change or detract from the argument though, that the rich play the system, we are not all in this together and there is nothing fair about this government

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/04/08/fiancne-industry-trolls/

Finance industry trolls.
Are there any on here?

Well of course they do! what a ridiculous comment,, that's why they will be there! The cheat he is? Just like T Benn!! avoiding inheritance tax is cheating dj however much you try to justify it!

Well, of course they would if they're all geared up for a protest! It's not 94% of the general population though...dream on.

www.facebook.com/events/1587310231586811/

There's a protest outside Downing Street tomorrow at 11.00 a.m.
94% of those asked think he should resign.

How many shares did Tony Benn have in off shore accounts?

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-said-hed-publish-7711066

He lied here as well. As he said this week, put up or shut up.
On the other hand, the more he says, the worse he makes it for himself.

Been wishing for ages that Cameron would be found out for the cheat that he is, and look what's happened.

What's wrong with wishful thinking?

Of course its wishful thinking.

Someone said today that it would be better if Cameron and Osborne went before the referendum as the waters are going to be took muddied otherwise

Oh, how ridiculous - talk about a hysterical reaction! It's not going to happen, no matter how much some of you may want it to.

I could hardly avoid it!

Depressing article though

I disagree with you, niggly. Not all politicians are slippery toads and if you voted for one, more fool you!

Marina Hyde has a good name for it - trickle-down tax-dodging.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/08/david-cameron-tax-dodging-cover-up-labour

No of course he wasn't, but I can't believe that he disapproved, they were a very close couple, with the same political beliefs, so it would be strange if they weren't in step over their personal arrangements. I haven't got a problem with it , to me it's a sensible, legal precaution to protect family assets from the state, but others could see it differently. All politicians are slippery toads, when push comes to personal shove! Bit like the education of their children. There's always a good reason for their choices, but it's rarely the local catchment area school whatever their beliefs - somehow these rules and for some even their disaproval of private schools doesn't apply to them but their reasons are perfectly excusable, whereas ours aren't!!!!!

Too!

Everything feels as if its unravelling.

Someone said today that it would be better if Cameron and Osborne went before the referendum as the waters are going to be took muddied otherwise

Just to add to his woes, UK productivity is the worst it has been since 2008.
They'd better hang onto the steel companies.

Very enlightening reading through the Jimmy Carr thread from 2012.

Ladbrokes has 3 - 1 that Cameron will leave after the referendum.

indy100.independent.co.uk/article/five-statements-that-made-this-david-camerons-worst-week-as-prime-ministerand-they-were-all-his-own--ZJdUp41alW

Strange that Labour didn't close all those loopholes when they were in power. Wonder why?

dj, I've given Cameron the benefit of the doubt so far. It will be interesting to see what happens when his mother dies. The fact is that Cameron is a slippery toad.

There are so many tax loopholes which could be closed down if there were a will - but, of course, there isn't a will. In my opinion, it's not good enough to claim they're legal, when the government itself plays the 'moral' code with strivers versus skivers lectures. The fact is that it''s better to be a 'spiv' , who acts legally but immorally, in todays' society. What kind of moral code is that?

niggly, Was Benn responsible for his wife's will?