Agenda 2019

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-says-it-is-unfair-to-criticise-british-controlled-tax-havens-a6982186.html David Cameron has defended British-controlled tax havens, arguing that criticism of their offshore regimes is “unfair”.  criticism of offshore regimes is “unfair”. Dodgy Dave thinks that criticism of British-controlled tax havens is “unfair” .What is unfair Dave is that the vast majority of people in this country have no choice but to pay their PAYE, while very rich individuals can salt money away in numerous schemes run by at best, dubious and often criminal organisations, sheltering in the secrecy of some tax haven around the world. Avoiding (and often evading) taxes while the rest of us pay is unfair, particularly so when the government creates the "loop holes" in the first place and then defends the resultant tax avoidance. The adverts in the video are irritating, but I suppose that this wretched, (now o...

http://www.independent.co.uk/money/tax/hopes-of-g8-tax-avoidance-breakthrough-fading-fast-8656295.html   Hopes of G8 tax avoidance breakthrough fading fast      G8 protester  The G8 is a forum for the governments of the world's eight wealthiest countries. Do we really expect this group of self serving politicians and their associated entourages to do anything meaningful ? They have a history of much talk and little action other than attending banquets and congratulating themselves on how important they are. The G8 and the associated spin offs, promise mountains but deliver molehills

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/25/treasury-british-tax-havens-crackdown   Treasury to crack down on UK's offshore tax havens Gate Number 3 Will this "crackdown" apply to Mr and Mrs Smith with their £200 in Barclays Isle of Man, or is it for the large corporations with their millions in the Cayman Islands and other off shore accounts?  History tells us that the HMRC will always go after the soft, easiest option.