Does anybody here take the Greens seriously?

[BoldonLad]

It's a debate to be had, but some people are arguing both for a wealth tax and against council tax, on the grounds that one is progressive and the other one isnt. This seems somewhat contradictory to me.

Me too

 

[PurplePenguin]

Anyway, the council is getting legal advice to understand whether council tax is due. The case is so clear cut, the council doesn't know, and is potentially spending more money than the tax to find out.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Anyway, the council is getting legal advice to understand whether council tax is due.

Can't they just come on here and ask @Stevo 666?

 

[First Aspect]

Anyway, the council is getting legal advice to understand whether council tax is due. The case is so clear cut, the council doesn't know, and is potentially spending more money than the tax to find out.

They should just call Dan Niedle.

 

[Stevo 666]

Can't they just come on here and ask @Stevo 666?

I'll leave it to his council to decide, but given that the party had 'fessed up on his behalf to an 'inadvertant' mistake, they seem to think it's due.

 

[Stevo 666]

Regardless, he will almost certainly get a free leftie pass on here.

 

[PurplePenguin]

They should just call Dan Niedle.

Can they promise him some followers in exchange?

 

[matticus]

Regardless, he will almost certainly get a free leftie pass on here.

Maybe from the forgiving "lefties" - but there will always be some here trotting out
"They always claimed to be holier than thou, so now they look even worse than Farage's lot. Hypocrites!"
(see also Starmer "bribes", Rayner council tax et al ... )

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Maybe from the forgiving "lefties" - but there will always be some here trotting out
"They always claimed to be holier than thou, so now they look even worse than Farage's lot. Hypocrites!"
(see also Starmer "bribes", Rayner council tax et al ... )

You forgot to mention @Stevo 666's chum Tice. (Who definitely wasn't doing anything illegal, I hasten to say).

 

[Rusty Nails]

So what's your view on Polanski dodging his taxes?

The same as on you beating your wife.

‘Dodging’ implies you believe it was deliberate evasion even before the jury is out…or has even been convened.

 

[First Aspect]

The same as on you beating your wife.

‘Dodging’ implies you believe it was deliberate evasion even before the jury is out…or has even been convened.

I'm fairly sure that if I accidentally fail to pay my council tax I don't get a form to full in with a "tick here if it was an honest mistake" box in it that allows me to get off without paying an additional fine.

 

[icowden]

I'm fairly sure that if I accidentally fail to pay my council tax I don't get a form to full in with a "tick here if it was an honest mistake" box in it that allows me to get off without paying an additional fine.

What about if you don't get a form asking you to pay Council tax in the first place. Do you pop down to the council office to ask why they aren't billing you? What about if you live on a boat and all the other boats aren't paying council tax either? Do you assume that that is the norm, given that you are paying the marina for moorings, waste disposal, electricity hookup, diesel etc?

If later on, you are told by a journalist trying to dig up dirt on you that you are dodging Council tax, do you moan about it, or just ask whether any was due and then pay the tax?

 

[Rusty Nails]

I'm fairly sure that if I accidentally fail to pay my council tax I don't get a form to full in with a "tick here if it was an honest mistake" box in it that allows me to get off without paying an additional fine.

I’m sure you don’t but I’m also sure you would want the full facts to be examined before being accused of dodging payment.

 

[First Aspect]

What about if you don't get a form asking you to pay Council tax in the first place. Do you pop down to the council office to ask why they aren't billing you?

If later on, you are told by a journalist trying to dig up dirt on you that you are dodging Council tax, do you moan about it, or just ask whether any was due and then pay the tax?

I am sure councils have discretion on how they treat people in this situation. I think it's not really an issue, just shows double standards c.f. Rayner as just one example.

The electoral register thing seems more serious to me.

 

[PurplePenguin]

Boats don't pay council tax. There is no dispute that a continuously cruising canal boat does not pay council tax. Boats with residential moorings do pay council tax.