My mate jailed

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Perhaps we should bring back deporting criminals to the colonies...

To which colonies would you be referring?

It is so easy to get you lot wound up. At least in Australia we can take the pee out of ourselves and not get upset about it.

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

We shouldn't take the mick really, Australia has lots of wonderful things, like their cultural centre:

Originally Posted by MattCollins

It is so easy to get you lot wound up. At least in Australia we can take the pee out of ourselves and not get upset about it.

Auzzies haven't got a lot of choice in that respect have they

[gruntygiggles]

Haha....can't see anyone getting wound up here

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Tax avoidance yes, tax evasion no.

A member of my family got investigated for both income tax and VAT, he avoided jail by pleading ignorant, pretending he didn't know how to do his book keeping, and agreeing to hand all his finances over to an independent accountant, but he still had to sell his house to pay the £400K tax bill.

My father was his accountant until they fell out over where the line was drawn between tax avoidance and tax evasion and he disassociated himself with the business and refused to have any further involvement.

We are not stupid, but we are not all crooks either.

Ralph,

Okay, maybe this guy has gone a little further than some people are willing to go, but can we all honestly deny that we wouldn't take an opportunity within the confines of our respective morality to get ahead?

The way I and just about everyone that I know looks at it is that it is okay to take our best shot at screwing the system because it will screw us. Screwing with or hurting each other on the other hand is not acceptable behaviour.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Auzzies haven't got a lot of choice in that respect have they

We can thank the mother country...

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by MattCollins

It is so easy to get you lot wound up. At least in Australia we can take the pee out of ourselves and not get upset about it.

In England we take the **** out of Aussies and don't get upset about it as well...

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

In England we take the **** out of Aussies and don't get upset about it as well...

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

In England we take the **** out of Aussies and don't get upset about it as well...

Another corker Mark!

Matt, I know what you're saying and for me it would be things like letting people pay me 50p for some BBQ rub and not declaring it as anything because I don't run a business and I'm not making profit, just covering costs. If it came to me actively selling something, I'd have to do it properly and legally....my name would be on it and there's no way I'd risk my reputation for the sake of tax.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

Matt, I know what you're saying and for me it would be things like letting people pay me 50p for some BBQ rub and not declaring it as anything because I don't run a business and I'm not making profit, just covering costs. If it came to me actively selling something, I'd have to do it properly and legally....my name would be on it and there's no way I'd risk my reputation for the sake of tax.

This^^^

The tax man has more powers than the police when it comes to your business and can make your life extremely difficult