ONS Survey

[Pondlife]

Anyone else had these muppets come around and stick their noses into your financial affairs?

They harassed my better half this week wanting to know all sorts of details about income, divvies, ISAs, pension, credit cards etc. All pretty intrusive stuff IMO. Also wanted a signed consent form stating that they were allowed to contact my pension company.

Fortunately (in this case) She has very little detail into my financial info and so they left with a half completed or guessed at set of replies.

Anyone know if you're legally obliged to provide them with this information?

[oracleslave]

Anyone else had these muppets come around and stick their noses into your financial affairs?

They harassed my better half this week wanting to know all sorts of details about income, divvies, ISAs, pension, credit cards etc. All pretty intrusive stuff IMO. Also wanted a signed consent form stating that they were allowed to contact my pension company.

Fortunately (in this case) She has very little detail into my financial info and so they left with a half completed or guessed at set of replies.

Anyone know if you're legally obliged to provide them with this information?

Never heard of them tbh

[Churchill]

Check this out...

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/o...ey_charter.asp

You can download their "charter"...

[Ruprect]

I had this. I had to provide turnover data every month for 18 months. Purely company data, not personal. Still a PITA though. Fairly sure you have to provide it to. If I missed it they were on the phone straight away.

I wonder how much of our tax money goes on maintaining it

off topic, but GB today said in PMQs that the conservatives wanted to "give money to the rich" - surely it should be "not take their money away from them"? That I think is a fundamental problem with this socialist PM - he assumes that all of our money is the governments to take, and that we should only get what they decide to give.

[bogeyman]

... That I think is a fundamental problem with this socialist PM - he assumes that all of our money is the governments to take, and that we should only get what they decide to give.

Nail, head, squarely hit!

Witness his approach to taxation.

[Pondlife]

The survey is being carried out in collaboration with a range of other government departments including the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI), Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT), the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU).

Where's the I'm fooked smiliey

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Nail, head, squarely hit!

Fair point

Witness his approach to taxation.

Which one? the one where he takes even more off poor people, or this week's reversal of ii?

[Marina]

Anyone else had these muppets come around and stick their noses into your financial affairs? ..

Anyone know if you're obliged to talk to them, or is it like those busibodies with clipboards trying to collar you in the street who you can just ignore you walk past?

[Ruprect]

IIRC I called them when I first received the request for info, and I seem to remember that you are obliged by law... usual disclaimers apply of course. I'm sure google will tell you.

[KathyWoolfe]

In regard to this removal of this 10% Tax band and GB's feeble attempt to recompense the people who lose by it.

Everyone who pays tax loses by it's removal - and why is he having such a hard time deciding how to compensate people?

Surely the easiest way is to restore the 10% tax band? or is that just a little TOO simple?