More stuff we're all paying for...

[Lockhouse]

5% of all tax credits are in error or fraudulent. And that's just the target they want to get to by 2011!

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[sasguru]

Don't be silly. Adminsitering the complex tax-credits scheme provides lots of people with a living. Simplifying it by raising the tax threshold would pointlessly shed jobs.

[realityhack]

5% of all tax credits are in error or fraudulent. And that's just the target they want to get to by 2011!

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Hmm... needlessly large (14KB) gif here: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...baby_promo.jpg

Nah... just nitpicking...

[TheBigYinJames]

Hmm... needlessly large (14KB) gif here:
Nah... just nitpicking...

What have I started!

I think GB should introduce a GIF tax. 10p per K on homepage graphics.

[realityhack]

What have I started!

I think GB should introduce a GIF tax. 10p per K on homepage graphics.

You'd owe him £1.02 per post then.
I'd have to fork out 31p per post.

Meaning: £762.96 and £1080.97 respectively!

[TheBigYinJames]

You'd owe him £1.02 per post then.

Yeh I'm going to change that. Animated graphics lose their novelty after a few seconds. I need a decent picture of Tony Harrison.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

You'd owe him £1.02 per post then.
I'd have to fork out 31p per post.

Meaning: £762.96 and £1080.97 respectively!

Am I a gif tax evader or avoider since I browse the forum with avatars off?

Or will you pay tax at source?

[realityhack]

Am I a gif tax evader or avoider since I browse the forum with avatars off?

Or will you pay tax at source?

Hmm... tricky one, as it's possible for you to be paying up to £2.93 per post, and yet you haven't chosen to have an avatar - but you could. HMRC could well hold you liable for the potential value of all your posts at a total of £2411.39 and you'd have to prove you don't use avatars to avoid paying...

[TheBigYinJames]

Hmm... tricky one, as it's possible for you to be paying up to £2.93 per post, and yet you haven't chosen to have an avatar - but you could. HMRC could well hold you liable for the potential value of all your posts at a total of £2411.39 and you'd have to prove you don't use avatars to avoid paying...

There are companies who will take your avatar, and keep it securely in an offshore holding facility. These have been untested in court, though.

[realityhack]

sas and zeity will have to watch out, as they would owe £19,306.35 and £32,194.02 respectively.