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'Tax fugitives' list faces criticism
« on: August 09, 2013, 09:12:49 AM »
Quote from: BBC Web Shite
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published the names and photographs of people it said had cost taxpayers millions in lost revenue, but 19 remain at large.

Labour said the arrest rate suggested the project had been a "huge failure".

But HMRC said it had intelligence on a number of suspects and 10 more faces have now been added to its gallery.

It said last year's appeal had helped provide intelligence on 17 of the alleged offenders, many of whom have been through the court process in their absence, while one was arrested.

John Nugent, who was 53 at the time, was caught in the US after the authorities there carried out checks on their systems and found he had overstayed on a tourist visa.

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Amazing how the BBC chant the mantra of tax avoidance or tax fraud yet if we look elsewhere,  in the Telegraph for instance, we discover that most of these people have been caught smuggling fags or tobacco products...

Clearly, that is still tax/duty avoidance/fraud but you have to question how sensible it is to charge £7 for a packet of fags which can be brought elsewhere legally for a fraction of that price...?

Surely, The Laffer Curve and common sense tell us that we are deep into the area of diminishing returns from increasing the duty on fags...? Instead of spending millions trying to stop these people we'd be better off just reducing the duty to sensible levels....?
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Re: 'Tax fugitives' list faces criticism
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2013, 10:24:32 AM »
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BDTP (Blokes Down The Pub) have decided to publish the role of honour to celebrate the men who save the public millions on booze and fags.

The names on the Honour Role are described as “Robin Hoods who have got us all cheap fags and booze,  instead of the money going to government to piss away on high-speed rail and sporting events that hardly anyone cares about”

The Honour Role includes: -

Hussain Asad Chohan, 44, believed to be in Dubai. He is celebrated for importing 2.25 tonnes of tobacco, saving hard-working smokers £750,000.

Leigang Liang, 38, believed to be in the UK, was honoured for illegally importing tobacco from China. The estimated saving to smokers was £2.6 million.

Wayne Joseph Hardy, 49, now believed to be in South Africa, was honoured for manufacturing tobacco products and not paying duty. The estimated saving to smokers was £1.9 million.

Gordon Arthur, 60, believed to be in the United States, honoured for illegally importing cigarettes and alcohol, saving smokers and drinkers around £15 million.

Emma Elizabeth Tazey, 38, also believed to be in the United States, is celebrated for the same savings.

Malcolm McGregor McGowan, 60, believed to be in Spain, is celebrated for illegally importing cigarettes saving around £16 million to smokers.

Dimitri Gaskov, 27, thought to be in Estonia, smuggled three million cigarettes into the UK using desktop computers.

Mohamed Sami Kaak, 45, thought to be in Tunisia, is celebrated for smuggling millions of cigarettes into the UK between March 2005 and September 2006 and saving taxpayers around £822,000 in duty.

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Re: 'Tax fugitives' list faces criticism
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2013, 10:33:24 AM »
That's a big issue, the feckwits increasing the tax have made sure crime pays.  And I hate to think what shit goes into those Chinese counterfeit fags.

Worse though imho is giving the message that it's OK to screw £10B a year out of a minority because they can somehow paint that as "doing good".   It ain't.  Everyone is in a minority in some aspect of their life and can easily become the next target.

First they came for the smokers . . . .

 
Well, whatever, nevermind