Tony Blair and the £8million tax mystery

[JonRB]

Well this could get interesting...

"Former Prime Minister Tony Blair channelled millions of pounds through a complicated web of companies and paid just a fraction in tax, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal"
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blai...

Got to love the diplomacy of this quote:

Article said:

One City accountant, who did not wish to be named, said: "It is very difficult to see what these administrative costs could be. It is a very large amount for a business like this. I am sure it is legitimate but it is certainly surprising."

Edited by JonRB on Saturday 7th January 22:48

[bristolracer]

What a surprise
Rich bloke gets away without paying any tax shocker!

or should that read

War criminal gets away without paying any tax shocker!

He will,doubtless just grin/slime his way out of it.

[pacman1]

Bring back the death penalty for treason I say, can't be that hard shirley, we only got rid of it in the '70's.

[Pesty]

"administrative expenses of £10.919 million"

chinny reckon.

I notice there are no comments allowed for that story.

Edited by Pesty on Saturday 7th January 23:35

[obob]

Hmmm if it was any other rich bloke PH would be back slapping him all the way to the bank.

[monkey gland]

Presumably the company has to declare exactly what all these administration costs entail? They can't just say, Oh we had expenses of 10 million, please don't tax us on this.

Is a breakdown of this ever likely to be in the public domain?

Has the auditing process been completed or is it possible for KPMG or whoever to probe further and potentially find evidence of tax evading?

Really what I want to know is can the odious scumbag get in trouble for this at some point in the future?

[NightRunner]

obob said:

Hmmm if it was any other rich bloke PH would be back slapping him all the way to the bank.

I don't think any PHers had a nasty habit of taking the country to war.

[bristolracer]

monkey gland said:

Really what I want to know is can the odious scumbag get in trouble for this at some point in the future?

He's not known as "Teflon Tony" for nothing

[dirkgently]

pacman1 said:

Bring back the death penalty for treason I say, can't be that hard shirley, we only got rid of it in the '70's.

I believe it was one T.Blare that got rid of the death penalty for treason.

[Zaxxon]

obob said:

Hmmm if it was any other rich bloke PH would be back slapping him all the way to the bank.

Are you seriously trying to say that it is ok for a British Prime Minister to squirel away millions of tax payers money into their own accounts?

[BruceV8]

dirkgently said:

pacman1 said:

Bring back the death penalty for treason I say, can't be that hard shirley, we only got rid of it in the '70's.

I believe it was one T.Blare that got rid of the death penalty for treason.

1998 IIRC.

[Pesty]

monkey gland said:

Really what I want to know is can the odious scumbag get in trouble for this at some point in the future?

Somebody else will take the fall if it ever comes to anything which it probably wont.

[tonym911]

obob said:

Hmmm if it was any other rich bloke PH would be back slapping him all the way to the bank.

[DonkeyApple]

Don't panic. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Over Christmas the taverns in St James were alive with the story that 2 recent ex prime ministers were being investigated.

This story goes much deeper and this snippet is just the start. Much more to follow as the journos manage to get confirmation on the stories.

[DonkeyApple]

If things go to plan the follow up to this will be about certain public speaking events.

[Pesty]

More info required please.

Links?

spill the beans. Is Blair going to be the first ex PM to be gaoled?

[ianash]

DonkeyApple said:

Don't panic. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Over Christmas the taverns in St James were alive with the story that 2 recent ex prime ministers were being investigated.

This story goes much deeper and this snippet is just the start. Much more to follow as the journos manage to get confirmation on the stories.

The second ex pm has got to be that one eyed tt aka Goldfingers.

[DonkeyApple]

Pesty said:

More info required please.

Links?

spill the beans. Is Blair going to be the first ex PM to be gaoled?

I'm not saying anything more I'm afraid.

But I would go so far as to say that he is untouchable. Completely untouchable.

But the only thing he prizes almost as much as money is his reputation and that isn't as untouchable.

[Pesty]

I wish somebody would 'reach out and touch him'

[pacman1]

tonym911 said:

obob said:

Hmmm if it was any other rich bloke PH would be back slapping him all the way to the bank.

I don't think so, we gave Fred the Shred a right rogering on here iirc.

As for Blair, he'll be holed up in the good 'ol US of A for the rest of his born days. Not sure who would want Winky though, other than a secure hospital unit.