5th April 2019 - 800 BBC executives compromised by tax-trap.
Brexiters claim the BBC is biased towards Remain. But, starting from 2006 with dozens of broadcasts of Nigel Farage's & Rees-Mogg's leave opinions - worth many millions in free publicity - and continuing with what amounts to the D-Notice imposed on pro-Remain news, e.g. latest Polls show Remain 54% - Leave 45%; or, playing down the one-million marchers and six-million petitioners in March 2019, the BBC presenters show obvious bias for the LEAVE gang (financed by Aaron Banks and other offshore millionaires). This tax scam might be bending the presenters' and news-editors views.
An executive paid, say £150,000 a year, should pay about 40% tax and National Insurance - £60,000 deducted via the BBC payroll. For a decade, the 800 have fraudulently claimed to be self-employed. Many use "service companies" (solo-owner-directors) instead of employment contracts. Some do pay income-tax, while reducing National Insurance. Many of the service companies are in tax-havens; tax free (they hope) using the old false-loan ruse. £60K for 10 years is £600K back-tax.
When caught by HMRC, the avoided tax is usually doubled by fines and penalties, to £1.2M. Fortunately, HMRC has been crippled by 20-30,000 staff reductions. e.g. of 250,000 known UK offshore tax-scams (Panama Papers) only 5 (five) have been prosecuted.
800 BBC presenters could face tax investigations, says watchdog
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Presenters have accused corporation of forcing them to set up special tax vehicles
The National Audit Office said HM Revenue and Customs had opened approximately 100 investigations into BBC-related personal service companies (PSCs) after concerns were raised that they may have broken tax rules.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is now backing the legal decisions to claw-back the taxes. While the UK is a member of the EU, for tax-avoiders the ECJ is the most feared and loathed institution. The EU judges are less understanding than UK judges of British public-school boys' privileged rights to pretend they live offshore and so pay less tax. "Only the little people pay tax". Tax avoiders are desperate to escape the ECJ. A fast Brexit might do the trick. There is approximately £2.3 trillion of UK assets (= 8 million jobs) hidden in tax-havens.
Is avoiding a £1M to £2M potential personal tax bill enough to bend "impartial" BBC executives to prefer Brexit?
And, to add weight and power: Trump wants Brexit, to break-up "the USA's enemy" of Europe - and Putin wants Brexit to break-up Europe on a divide-and-rule basis. Maybe our VIP tax-evaders should migrate to Moscow or Mar-a-Lago.
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JERSEY EVENING POST - 4TH APRIL 2019.
BBC must rebuild trust following tax arrangements with presenters, MPs say
The broadcaster has faced controversy over its arrangements with its freelancers, including its presenters.
The BBC has to “rebuild trust” following the “misery” caused to TV and radio presenters over its use of personal service companies, MPs have said.
The broadcaster has faced controversy over its arrangements with its freelancers, including its presenters.
Some have accused the BBC of forcing them to set up special tax vehicles to allow the corporation to avoid paying millions in national insurance contributions.
Many have been pursued by HMRC for unpaid tax bills, some running into thousands of pounds.
The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts has now said the situation “risked bringing the BBC into disrepute”.
Its report said “the BBC’s mishandling of its use of personal service companies has caused misery and hardship for those affected…”
“Its approach has been muddled and chaotic, and its communication with those affected has been unacceptably poor,” the committee said.
The BBC has apologised to those affected but its attempt to reach a settlement with HMRC for outstanding tax claims “is taking longer than expected”, it added.
“We cautiously welcome the BBC’s commitment to helping those affected, but admitting responsibility after the event is not sufficient without taking effective steps to resolve the situation.”
Committee chairwoman Meg Hillier said the “lack of clear accountability at senior level for the BBC’s policy on PSCs” was “particularly troubling”.
And she said: “Apologising is not enough. The BBC has committed to helping those affected.
“We expect to see evidence both that it has done so and that it is taking meaningful action to prevent such distressing problems arising in future.”
30th March 19 - On the UK government website, the petition "REVOKE ARTICLE 50 AND REMAIN IN THE EU" has so far been signed by 5.9 million voters. It is the largest British petition ever. Prime Minister Mrs May vows she will ignore it. Most UK media are ignoring it. (N.B. most UK media is owned by offshore tax-evading billionaires, desperate to evade the European Court of Justice, which is less forgiving of tax-evasion than UK Courts. There are £2.3 trillion of UK assets hidden in tax-havens).
HOWEVER, EU President, Donald Tusk, said a few minutes ago, that while the UK politicians and media choose to ignore the largest petition ever - the European Union will represent the millions who are signing it - and the, equally ignored, one-million citizens who marched through London on 23rd March.
Chief Brexit plotter, ERG leader, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, disputes the BBC and most media counts of the number of Remain voters who marched through London on 23rd March 2019.
Does this qualify him for a Nobel Prize in Mathematics? He earned a second-class, a 2.1, degree in history from the University of Oxford.
Unlike his comedic friend Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson MP, Jacob was not a member of The Bullingdon Club at Oxford. But, they both spice their addresses to the forelock tugging plebeians, the common folk, with ancient Greek and Latin phrases - to demonstrate their natural superiority.
