BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[Stevo 666]

Maybe the narrative is a bit more complex and nuanced than the one playing in your head.

See my post above about small business being the main cause of the tax gap and explain how if fits in with your thinking.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

See my post above about small business being the main cause of the tax gap and explain how if fits in with your thinking.

See my post above where I said you appear to be a bit slow on the uptake.
Then
1. ask yourself what this 'tax gap' you refer to actually is.
2. See if you can work out why small businesses would more likely be the 'cause'.

Clue - it's f*ck all to do with the laffer curve (as far as I know, but I'm not an accountant).

 

[Stevo 666]

See my post above where I said you appear to be a bit slow on the uptake.
Then
1. ask yourself what this 'tax gap' you refer to actually is.
2. See if you can work out why small businesses would more likely be the 'cause'.

Clue - it's f*ck all to do with the laffer curve (as far as I know, but I'm not an accountant).

I wasn't talking about the Laffer curve, you're getting confused.

And the tax gap is defined by hmrc - have a read:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps
Heres the relevant bit: "The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid."

I asked for your thoughts on why small businesses are the main contributors and all you've done is ask the same question. Try answering it if you think I'm missing something.

 

[briantrumpet]

An interesting piece on where the Tory Party is heading on the question of being 'British'. I'd forgotten the pitch from the Thatcher era. The contrast between then and now is rather stark.

https://www.ft.com/content/86f45cf7-2f25-4a8b-8d9b-c2326fa28e02

When Conservative politicians use a definition of who is “native” to the country that excludes people whose own ethnicity is “white British and something else”, that treats people who have been born, raised and educated in the UK as somehow not part of Britain, they are moving towards a definition of race that hasn’t been part of mainstream British politics for more than half a century. This “one drop” approach was, until very recently, considered to be beyond the pale in accepted Tory thought.