Richard Tice - set to have a dose of his own medicine
Richard Tice - set to have a dose of his own medicine
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AbbeyNormal

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tangerine_sedge

6,337 posts

243 months

Sunday 12th April
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Nothing to see here, something, polling, something, Labour, something, squirrel...

Vanden Saab

17,591 posts

99 months

Sunday 12th April
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AbbeyNormal said:
There are lot of coulds and should in that piece. Contacting him on Saturday and expecting an immediate reply on a complex tax matter from 7 years ago seems a little desperate.
Let's see how this one pans out.

119

17,988 posts

61 months

Sunday 12th April
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Does it also involve unpaid stamp duty?

laugh

If he has defrauded, which he hasn't, boot him out.


BunkMoreland

4,008 posts

32 months

Sunday 12th April
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Vanden Saab said:
There are lot of coulds and should in that piece. Contacting him on Saturday and expecting an immediate reply on a complex tax matter from 7 years ago seems a little desperate.
Let's see how this one pans out.
Thats what jumps out at me.

Message at 12:42pm

Expects a reply by 17:00

Which he does via his representative and their childish response is to say "we're publishing it anyway"

Seems a bit silly. Especially if RT can prove he DID pay the tax.

If they stall or dont come back in a week, then fair game. Shout about it.

But "prove it to us in 4 hours or else" is borderline illegal

AbbeyNormal

Original Poster:

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183 months

Sunday 12th April
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tangerine_sedge said:
Nothing to see here, something, polling, something, Labour, something, squirrel...
Lol, literally what has been responded by the usual apologists.

bloomen

9,692 posts

184 months

Sunday 12th April
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I make very liberal use of my tampermonkey user blocker for this site.

I already can't read half the posts. I expect it'll add up to 90% by the time everyone's finished frothing/ deflecting.

PurplePenguin

3,997 posts

58 months

Sunday 12th April
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AbbeyNormal said:
tangerine_sedge said:
Nothing to see here, something, polling, something, Labour, something, squirrel...
Lol, literally what has been responded by the usual apologists.
Says the Labour apologist

Vanden Saab

17,591 posts

99 months

Sunday 12th April
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AbbeyNormal said:
tangerine_sedge said:
Nothing to see here, something, polling, something, Labour, something, squirrel...
Lol, literally what has been responded by the usual apologists.
Really,
lets see how it pans out
If he has defrauded, which he hasn't, boot him out
If they stall or dont come back in a week, then fair game. Shout about it.

Literally
Literally is an adverb used to indicate that something is true in a strict, exact sense

pghstochaj

3,556 posts

144 months

Sunday 12th April
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BunkMoreland said:
Vanden Saab said:
There are lot of coulds and should in that piece. Contacting him on Saturday and expecting an immediate reply on a complex tax matter from 7 years ago seems a little desperate.
Let's see how this one pans out.
Thats what jumps out at me.

Message at 12:42pm

Expects a reply by 17:00

Which he does via his representative and their childish response is to say "we're publishing it anyway"

Seems a bit silly. Especially if RT can prove he DID pay the tax.

If they stall or dont come back in a week, then fair game. Shout about it.

But "prove it to us in 4 hours or else" is borderline illegal
I am interested. What makes it “borderline illegal” to ask for a response in a tight timeframe?

Do you mean completely unfair or unreasonable, or do you think that a short response time triggers some sort of law?

Gareth79

8,796 posts

271 months

Sunday 12th April
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BunkMoreland said:
Vanden Saab said:
There are lot of coulds and should in that piece. Contacting him on Saturday and expecting an immediate reply on a complex tax matter from 7 years ago seems a little desperate.
Let's see how this one pans out.
Thats what jumps out at me.

Message at 12:42pm

Expects a reply by 17:00

Which he does via his representative and their childish response is to say "we're publishing it anyway"

Seems a bit silly. Especially if RT can prove he DID pay the tax.

If they stall or dont come back in a week, then fair game. Shout about it.

But "prove it to us in 4 hours or else" is borderline illegal
They were just asking for comment, not for Tice to prove that the tax was paid. They are quite clear in the article that they are pretty sure that the company did not pay the tax due.

Neidle usually gives a lot more time, I suspect the ST was pressuring for a response because they were going to press with the story regardless.


119

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61 months

Sunday 12th April
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I didn't realise that outfit were Labour party members.

They really are stting themselves.

DeejRC

8,946 posts

107 months

Sunday 12th April
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I’ve read the reporting, the responses and I’m buggered if I can establish what the actual hoohaa is given the claims of underpaying CT, overpaying IT and Tice claiming he shouldn’t be paying the maximum tax liable. And I say that as a bloke who just paid £lots in CT last month, so I’m not exactly the most sympathetic chap in the world to ppl underpaying their CT.

markh1973

2,886 posts

193 months

Sunday 12th April
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Tice's company should have withheld tax and paid it across to HMRC. It's clear from the Tax Policy Associates analysis that it didn't do so. The company therefore didn't comply with the relevant tax legislation and HMRC may look to issue a penalty and charge interest and ask for the relevant withholding tax to be paid over.

Tice may have then paid income tax on the PID but that doesn't change the fact that the company should have withheld. If the company pays over the WHT then Tice can have a partial repayment (plus some interest).

There is a different question aa to what his offshore trust might or might not have paid. A UK dom/tax resident taxpayer having an offshore trust is also not common so who knows what it's hiding.

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48,092 posts

221 months

Sunday 12th April
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Vanden Saab said:
Really,
lets see how it pans out
If he has defrauded, which he hasn't, boot him out
If they stall or dont come back in a week, then fair game. Shout about it.

Literally
Literally is an adverb used to indicate that something is true in a strict, exact sense
It sounds like you've already decided.

Vanden Saab

17,591 posts

99 months

Sunday 12th April
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markh1973 said:
Tice's company should have withheld tax and paid it across to HMRC. It's clear from the Tax Policy Associates analysis that it didn't do so. The company therefore didn't comply with the relevant tax legislation and HMRC may look to issue a penalty and charge interest and ask for the relevant withholding tax to be paid over.

Tice may have then paid income tax on the PID but that doesn't change the fact that the company should have withheld. If the company pays over the WHT then Tice can have a partial repayment (plus some interest).

There is a different question aa to what his offshore trust might or might not have paid. A UK dom/tax resident taxpayer having an offshore trust is also not common so who knows what it's hiding.
What makes you think Tice made a partial payment?
Would his tax liability on £600,000 be less than 20% or more?

Vanden Saab

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99 months

Sunday 12th April
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Countdown said:
Vanden Saab said:
Really,
lets see how it pans out
If he has defrauded, which he hasn't, boot him out
If they stall or dont come back in a week, then fair game. Shout about it.

Literally
Literally is an adverb used to indicate that something is true in a strict, exact sense
It sounds like you've already decided.
That wasn't me, best to read the thread before jumping in.

markh1973

2,886 posts

193 months

Sunday 12th April
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Vanden Saab said:
markh1973 said:
Tice's company should have withheld tax and paid it across to HMRC. It's clear from the Tax Policy Associates analysis that it didn't do so. The company therefore didn't comply with the relevant tax legislation and HMRC may look to issue a penalty and charge interest and ask for the relevant withholding tax to be paid over.

Tice may have then paid income tax on the PID but that doesn't change the fact that the company should have withheld. If the company pays over the WHT then Tice can have a partial repayment (plus some interest).

There is a different question aa to what his offshore trust might or might not have paid. A UK dom/tax resident taxpayer having an offshore trust is also not common so who knows what it's hiding.
What makes you think Tice made a partial payment?
Would his tax liability on £600,000 be less than 20% or more?
Tice will have paid the relevant tax rate on the PID - likely 45%.

The company should have withheld (and paid to HMRC) 20% of the PID.

Tice's payment should have been 45% less 20%.

As such if the company now pays the WHT it should have paid then Tice can have a partial repayment of his 45% (plus some overpayment interest).

The £600k was paid/deemed to be paid to a combination of Tice and his offshore trust. We don't know what the trust has paid because it's completely opaque.

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Sunday 12th April
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Vanden Saab said:
That wasn't me, best to read the thread before jumping in.
My apologies. As you didn’t use quotes I assumed it was your own comment.

_Rodders_

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44 months

Sunday 12th April
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Vanden Saab said:
AbbeyNormal said:
There are lot of coulds and should in that piece. Contacting him on Saturday and expecting an immediate reply on a complex tax matter from 7 years ago seems a little desperate.
Let's see how this one pans out.
4 years ago, unless I'm missing something.

Either way, how is that an excuse.