Do something funny for money
Yes, Red Nose day is coming up and this year I’m fundraising with Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s #twittermillion team, trying to raise a few quid from you lovely people to change lives for the better in the UK...
View ArticleRandom Pie
I’m using the next few days to unpack some of those ideas you have milling around in the back of your head that might either come under the category of Good Idea or, alternatively, What Were You...
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HMRC can’t respond to your queries via Twitter but please look for help on our website – bit.ly/YrBR7g — HM Revenue & Customs (@HMRCgovuk) March 7, 2013 Well this is very interesting: why on...
View ArticleWork in progress
Come on, HMT, tell us what’s happening with the tax tracker page which you STILL haven’t updated (85 days and counting!) since 14th December. If you’re putting your updates somewhere else, then will...
View ArticleFine
The thing that struck me about this article (on A&E failures that led to a fleet of ambulances being out of action) was the prospect of the trust in question being fined for its failures. How, I...
View ArticleRTI, UC, and 42
If you’re earning, you don’t pay tax on the first £8105 of your wages – around £155 a week. The aspiration is that this will go up to £10,000 – around £192 a week. If you’re employed on the minimum...
View ArticleDeath and taxes
You may remember my wish list of ten tax changes I’d like to see this year. I had an exchange on twitter immediately afterwards where a fellow tweeter wrote: @taxbod Maybe that’s item 11: a wish that...
View ArticleYou can’t say fairer than that
Two interesting press releases land on my desk simultaneously today. (Well, the emails in my inbox… you get the idea) First, from Christian Aid, there is this email with the results of some polling...
View ArticleLet’s speculate
Let’s print our own money. It’s not quite as wacky as it sounds. I’m sure we’ve all heard about local trading schemes like the Brixton Pound, where people in a single location set up a complementary...
View ArticleThe Money Tree
“Dave, you’ve got to stop telling people about the Money Tree.” Dave sat back in his chair and smiled the smile of the well-fed and contented. “I thought it was a good line,” he said. “Well, yes,...
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