Commence Non Violent Direct Action. This phrase was common years ago when pressure groups had simply had enough of whatever it was they were protesting about, and felt that they were being ignored by whoever they had a case against, and weren’t getting support in the mass media.
My newest book, The Inevitable, reached the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. This June (2017) it will be released in paperback. This book is about the deep. This phrase was common years ago when pressure groups had simply had enough of whatever it was they were protesting about, and felt that they were being ignored by.
Its time to look at it as a viable way of getting some credibility, honesty and transparency back into Scottish football. But where do we start, and how do we prevent a scattergun approach, instead concentrating on getting the message out to those who need to hear it ?
For when we look at the options there is a real danger of dividing our efforts, and not having the impact that is needed. The SFA and the SPFL are the ones who govern the game, and thus far we have seen that they are not fit for purpose. I couldn’t find when the next SFA meeting will take place, their website doesn’t seem to have that information, but I feel its somewhere that a few thousand of us ought to be near when it does. Same with the SPFL. In the meantime, the three main competitions in Scotland are sponsored by bookmakers, an industry that has had its interests in England curbed of late due to a conflict of interest. Conflicts of interest don’t seem to matter in Scotland, as we have seen over the last few years, so Ladbrokes, William Hill and Betfred are the names on the major trophies north of the border. There’s already a call to boycott these three, a call which should be taken up en masse.
If those who are happy to sponsor sport- and where bookies are concerned fair play should be at the top of their list- and continue to do so without demanding an investigation into recent revelations, then we must assume that they are as equally capable of bending and breaking the rules as are those governing the sport. Therefore, if you are reluctant to pay into a rigged game, why would you pay into a company thats happy to put its money and name alongside it ? Give these bookies a miss, and lets see how they respond. Lets see how long it is before the authorities answer their calls and emails. And the owner had left the door open. The succession of tax dodgers wheeled out to denounce those who demand an investigation into the dealings of the club that helped them to keep more of their pay packet, granted they had to keep it ofshore, is becoming bizarre, and a little distasteful.
01 Sep 2017, 4:30pm Comment: With nachos and brownies in a private home in New Hampshire, the 2020 US presidential race begins.
None more so than the Sunday Post, registered at the Post Office as a newspaper, but frankly stretching the description a little. Fernando Ricksen says stress caused by Rangers . I don’t think it’s the players’ fault.“If it applies to me, I will handle it as it comes, like everything in my life.” I get the feeling that Ricksens reply was diplomatic rather than outraged. He’s got other, more important things to deal with, and you feel thats what he’s actually saying. And we wish him all the best.
That didn’t stop the Post from using him as an example as to why the taxman is the bad guy here, implying that Hector is making Ricksen suffer more than he needs to. Absolutely shameful.
Or is it emphasising a lack of shame ? Having stooped this low to continue an agenda that is surprisingly difficult to trace to source, one can only wonder what further depths they will plummet to as they attempt to get everyone to forget about what happened. Other papers - and Sky sports- have wheeled out those who made a few quid under the counter to tell us why they don’t think there should be investigations, titles stripped or any further discussion on the matter.
Those with wide screen televisions got to see chunky cheat ally mc. Coist , who told Sky sports News. Yeah, who cares what the Supreme court say ? Arthur Numan last night dismissed . Celtic have called for Scottish football bosses to review the Rangers tax case and the 2. Scottish Premier League commission’s ruling that Rangers “did not gain any unfair competitive advantage” from the use of EBTs.“These discussions have been going on for such a long time but I can’t see it happening.“I have heard about the latest discussions and it’s just a lot of nonsense. Why should they talk about taking our titles away?“It’s a discussion for people who need to find something to talk about and I don’t even think about it.“I still have my medals and I’m proud of them.
Lets look a little closer at the narrative within that piece. Let’s note how “Celtic have called for Scottish football bosses to review the Rangers tax case and the 2.
Scottish Premier League commission’s ruling that Rangers “did not gain any unfair competitive advantage” from the use of EBTs. Where it isn’t raining, but there does seem to be a lot of fog around. Its not just the Record, they are all at it.
Perhaps its the fear that the hordes, having been handed so many scapegoats in the past, are close to realising that the bad guys in all this were David Murray and his acolytes all along. That would be a start. In fact, more than a start, it would be a considerable leap forward. What I cannot figure out, however, and perhaps its just me, is that none of these EBT recipients have been banging on the doors of their accountants and asking them what they should do, instead of believing the experts in the media. Surely when faced with a huge tax bill, you’d be straight on the phone ? The thing is, I’d say that the accountants advice would be along the lines of “pay it ”With Hector, who always gets his bit, if you try to hold back, or make excuses, or even ignore him, he’ll charge you extra.
They tend not to pay those. Pay what you owe, because it will work out cheaper. And guess what, if it turns out you didn’t owe it, as you seem convinced is the case, Hector will give you it back. Penalties on unpaid tax (See Table 1) Clearly, the penalty depends on what you did wrong and whether you owned up or waited for HMRC to approach you. The penalties are much lower where you have owned up of your own accord (voluntary disclosure). That’s quite straightforward but the types of behaviour are a little more subjective: A. Mistake or misrepresentation – completely unintentional and nothing to do with your underlying records.
You just made a mistake – pure and simple. We are all human and so if you do make a mistake, and own up to it, HMRC will not charge you any penalties at all. Careless inaccuracy – essentially – you did not take reasonable care. Download Full Penguin Counters (2017) here. For example, you do not keep sufficient record of how much income you receive so when your tax return is completed, you have no way of knowing whether your income is correctly reflected or not. You haven’t just made a mistake – you physically did not take reasonable care to ensure you could correctly disclose your income.
Deliberate understatement or over- claim – in other words – you are naughty and you don’t try to hide it. An example would be paying wages without accounting for PAYE. Deliberate and concealed – you are naughty but you try and make it look like you are not. An example would be creating false invoices. Let’s suppose you own a practice and you normally bank all of your takings.
However, every Friday, you put . Your accounts and tax return will show income as being understated by . If you just stopped there, you would have been deliberately naughty and so your prompted penalty would be between 3. However, if when HMRC approach you, you go back to your computer system which records income and try to manipulate this so it agrees with the lower amount shown in your accounts – that is you trying to conceal the fact you have deliberately understated your income, so the penalty increases to 5. Taken from an article in a Dental magazine, but written by a chartered accountant called Priya Kotecha, who explains how tax penalties work for dentists, who presumably never had EBTs, but the penalties are explained in the full article here, when you don’t pay Hector, in an easy to understand piece.