Student Loans chief 'to pay tax at source'

[singlecoil]

Whoops, tax avoidance at senior civil service level

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16854187

[Eric Mc]

Already being discussed here -

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[ExChrispy Porker]

I thought avoidance was OK.
Evasion is the no no.

[singlecoil]

Eric Mc said:

Already being discussed here -

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

The wrong forum, surely, this is a news politics and matter.

[munky]

What annoyed me was that the way yesterday's BBC article was written, it very much implied that he was paying no tax at all, and I think the average BBC reader would assume this. Which is complete nonsense obviously, as it's just the service company receiving the payment before tax. It would then have to pay corporation tax & NI, and then the employee has to pay NI/income tax/dividend tax depending on how he pays himself.

BBC on a witch hunt (again). Or they're just stupid.

[Wombat3]

munky said:

What annoyed me was that the way yesterday's BBC article was written, it very much implied that he was paying no tax at all, and I think the average BBC reader would assume this. Which is complete nonsense obviously, as it's just the service company receiving the payment before tax. It would then have to pay corporation tax & NI, and then the employee has to pay NI/income tax/dividend tax depending on how he pays himself.

BBC on a witch hunt (again). Or they're just stupid.

Bit of both.. The point is (I think) that nobody else with a single source of income would be permitted to do this (think IT contractors & IR35 etc).

[singlecoil]

They do describe it as avoidance rather than evasion, but what annoys me is that it's felt necessary to create a special body to carry out this work, and appoint a director at a salary that would pay for three or more very competent people.