Scottish government to pay POLL TAX ARREARS
Black Sheep
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I see that the Scottish Government is to pay POLL TAX arrears for all of those that refused to pay it.
Should the SG pay private debts with public Money?
http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Poll-Tax-arrears-collection-to-be-scrapped-10c8.aspx
Should the SG pay private debts with public Money?
http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Poll-Tax-arrears-collection-to-be-scrapped-10c8.aspx
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I guess it will be a matter for Scottish taxpayers to decide at the election, although it would be interesting to hear the legal arguments if a taxpayer refused to pay his share to cover it and went to court.
Trouble is you could use the same argument with anything, ie energy companies write off millions every year so have to pass the cost over to other energy uses, and debt agencies buy these debts at very little cost, and when that is done the energy companies dont get any of the money back, the debt company keeps all the money. Because once the debt is sold it is no longer anthing to do with the energy company, as the debt company is not trying to recover the debt for the energy company, but for themselves
They are compensating councils for not being allowed to collect them so they are paying them.
There are lots of taxes I don't like paying. Which ones should I be let off with?
I'm afraid not, I've just spoken to James Dornan my msp who is insisting this a correct and sensible way forward.
Note to everyone in Scotland, stop paying your council tax the SNP will pick up the bill.
It's fundamentally wrong to charge people for the right to vote
Nobody is being charged for the right to vote.
While this level may increase, the cost of the process would virtually outweigh the income realised and many of those in arrears will now be pensioners with little ability to pay.
That was the net effect.
By registering for the electoral roll you made yourself instantly liable to pay the Community Charge.
To avoid what was a regressive tax people didn't register.
they aren't though. it's just more salmond nonsense
creditors should be able to use any legitimate legal means to recover debts, and in the case of this type of debt in particular the government/councils should use every power in it's means to recover the sums. it's just political spin from one side that says this is some kind of punishment for debt cheating yes voters, when the reality is it's just a consequence of circumstances
there were/are options available for people who genuinely couldn't afford to pay, as those options should be used for those in those circumstances. if people are taken to court and forced to pay up and still don't and wages are arrested, the table based system will only deduct money if people earn enough. on the other hand, those who can afford to pay it would end up paying it. and why shouldn't they pay their debts? why should other tax payers who did pay their debts, including those who struggled to do so, end up paying debts incurred by those who could have paid but didn't?
it's a huge sum of money. the whole thing stinks of another salmond selfish idea for him to have some lasting memory on the public of doing something that some consider good. to try and cover his miserably failed attempt at independence. the country already wasted huge sums of money in the referendum, and now he wants to waste more by writing off a massive debt that could be legally reclaimed. in the last 2 years 2 million or so was reclaimed
I don't know why things like national insurance numbers can't be used to trace more debtors and get these type of debts reclaimed by wage arrestments, so it's not solely the voting register that's required to chase these debts
Yeah you see in Scotland the left is committed to the absolute destruction of Labour as political force in this country now and exposing their support for penalising the poor for daring to vote is a worth all the public money it costs. By destroying Labour we'll be better placed to get a Yes vote in the next referendum.
Well, the government did so for the banks - to the tune of billions.
are you entitled to a tax rebate as Inland Revenue has a 6 year cut off for taking action?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p027v2p8
Exactly what I was thinking. This makes me feel that I'm a mug for paying the tax.
If you can avoid tax for 6 years, Inland Revenue cant legally pursue you. The only difference here is poll tax debt has 20 years before it's time barred.