Tuesday, Oct 09, 2007

Darling targets wealthy foreigners

FT: Darling set to tighten tax loopholes

The chancellor will announce plans to tackle elements of the tax system used by the private equity industry; the super-rich taking advantage of non-domicile status; and small family businesses taht distribute profits among relatives.

Posted by su @ 07:08 AM (297 views) Add Comment

3 Comments

1. Ihopeitgoeswithabang said...

Well that sounds like a round of taking money off people and not reducing the tax burden to me.
It said on the news today that he would possibly be making a statement about inheritance tax.

I want it to go up to at least 600k. Then my family will be £120,000 better off within the next 5 years or so.
Now that is something I would vote for regardless of anything else on the political agenda.

Except of course he just bottled it - so I can't. Something I will remember when the times comes.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 10:05AM Report Comment
 

2. Nelson said...

Very glad that Labour are listening to the opposition's ideas (though I am sure they knew Labour's plans to include this weeks ago hence their announcements) - sign of a good democracy.

And on 'bottling' an election - I for one would rather have the government I voted for concentrate on the biggest global financial threat in a decade than waste time on an premature election. I voted for a Labour government - not one individual Prime Minister (we're not Presidential yet) - and would feel cheated if the Tories and the media bounced Labour into cutting their term in half - when I expected them in for at least four years. Oh yes, and that's after forcing Blair out too prematurely.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 02:08PM Report Comment
 

3. sovietuk said...

The inheritance tax headline is a complete swindle. The conmen are just making automatic what you could get before anyway. The only change is to show how corrupt government departments have now become.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 05:42PM Report Comment
 

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