Jimmy Carr (and others) - pays less tax than you

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  numptyj10 months, 4 weeks ago9 LikesShow comment toolsReply

  I for one think jimmy Carr is hilarious
  
  
  

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  AberdeenDad10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #1Show comment toolsReply

  Here is the link to the Beeb article click here
  
  

  Prime Minister David Cameron has said the tax arrangements of comedian Jimmy Carr are "not morally right".
  
  Carr is understood to be a member of a legal, but aggressive tax avoidance scheme, which is said to be sheltering £168m a year from the Treasury.
  
  According to the Times, Carr told an audience on Tuesday: "I pay what I have to and not a penny more."
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  v553510 months, 4 weeks ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  and ?, most high-earners do ffs.
  
  How's the Vodafone and Philip Green tax going, Dave ?
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  kylewalker10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #3Show comment toolsReply

  i am sure everyone would pay as little tax as they legally could to be honest and is it is legal surely carr and others that use similar methods are not doing anything wrong.
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  mattmerch10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #4Show comment toolsReply

  just like ebay amazon apple etc
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  AberdeenDad10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #5Show comment toolsReply

  It is the scale of it that shocks me. For £280k earnings, I would have thought that with schemes you may save something, perhaps hae a tax bill half what it ought to be, around £60k tax bill, not as low as £3.5k
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  slamdunkin10 months, 4 weeks ago2 Likes #6Show comment toolsReply

  Don't blame the high earners for liquidating our economy....read your tabloids and stick to beating up on the working class.
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  AberdeenDad10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #7Show comment toolsReply

  I have not calculated it out, but £3500 tax bill would be roughly what someone on £25k a year would pay is it not?
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  ether70710 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #8Show comment toolsReply

  Damn that jimmy carr. He's the reason the economy is dead and why I can't get a job. :(
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  thesaint10 months, 4 weeks ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Rich or poor, who willingly pays more tax than they need to?
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  AberdeenDad10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #10Show comment toolsReply

  ether707

  Damn that jimmy carr. He's the reason the economy is dead and why I can't get a job. :(

  
  
  Yes, him and his cronies, 1000 of them use this particular scheme, and if they all earned just £280k pa, then that is a mere £123,000,000 taken from the economy, or rather added into the Exchequers pockets by you and me ( assuming you are not on benefits!).
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  thenewyou10 months, 4 weeks ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  Good on him, 127k tax is laughable.
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  churchill10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #12Show comment toolsReply

  He pays more then me I cant remember the last time I paid Tax
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  AberdeenDad10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #13Show comment toolsReply

  thesaint

  Rich or poor, who willingly pays more tax than they need to?

  
  
  Nobody willingly pays more tax than they have to, at least if there is it can be only a few.
  
  Rather the question is what should be fairly paid.
  
  The majority of people cannot afford specialist tax accountants.
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  thesaint10 months, 4 weeks ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  Jealous Ones Envy
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  hasj210 months, 4 weeks ago2 Likes #15Show comment toolsReply

  £3,500 on £280,000! c'mon man, i knew there was avoidance on tax, but bloody hell!!!!!!!!!!
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  AberdeenDad10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #16Show comment toolsReply

  churchill

  He pays more then me I cant remember the last time I paid Tax

  
  
  I assume you are lolling there, but anyway, your beer is costing more, or your road tax.
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  ether70710 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #17Show comment toolsReply

  This will be forgotten by next year. Just like the goverment expenses. All of them got let off easily.
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  RonChew10 months, 4 weeks ago2 Likes #18Show comment toolsReply

  Legally, Jimmy Carr's tax scheme is dubious. Morally, it is completely wrong.
  
  Still, as everywhere in life, tax avoider bashing isn't as popular as benefit fraudster bashing on here.
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  ShaunnyBwoy10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #19Show comment toolsReply

  sherg

  Good on him, 127k tax is laughable.

  
  
  Good on Greece too... for allowing all those rich folks to get off scot-free.
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  churchill10 months, 4 weeks ago1 Like #20Show comment toolsReply

  AberdeenDad

  churchill

  He pays more then me I cant remember the last time I paid Tax

  
  
  I assume you are lolling there, but anyway, your beer is costing more, or your road tax.

  
  
  Not Lolling and I dont drive and I also rarely pay for alcohol :D

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