Coxy27 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Just noticed that on SSN adverts for 'The tax mans war on football', many of the clips show Bristol City football club... Probably a coincidence with a former chairman with such business acumen, but you never know. Will be interesting to see the HMRC reports and the clubs involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laner Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 HMRC have probably watched us lately and think the description "football team" is just a front for something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Would just about top it off if we're getting done for tax evasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbcfc Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 HMRC have probably watched us lately and think the description "football team" is just a front for something else. Funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Would just about top it off if we're getting done for tax evasion That was almost 8 years ago! We're more likely now to mark the attendances up No comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockneydave Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Would just about top it off if we're getting done for tax evasion Trade discription act could come into it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 What a load of bull. Incredibly one-sided debate in the studio between David Gold and Peter Storrie, both with the same opinion that football's finances are pretty much hunky-dory and the taxman is on a witch-hunt. Gold suggests that football is a business and that HMRC should treat them more like normal businesses, and that HMRC should take some of the responsibility themselves for collecting taxes early, instead and letting it rumble on to insurmountable figures. He later says that football is a different kind of business, where competition drives prices upwards, where it's priority creditors should always be other clubs as opposed to other small businesses outside of the game. Sorry Gold, you can't have it both ways. Utter load of tripe contained in this 'Special Report' in which nothing was revealed that we didn't already know (sorry, no - nothing was revealed at all). What a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 good its about time football clubs stopped shafting the tax man and the entire country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsKev Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 What a load of bull. Incredibly one-sided debate in the studio between David Gold and Peter Storrie, both with the same opinion that football's finances are pretty much hunky-dory and the taxman is on a witch-hunt. Gold suggests that football is a business and that HMRC should treat them more like normal businesses, and that HMRC should take some of the responsibility themselves for collecting taxes early, instead and letting it rumble on to insurmountable figures. He later says that football is a different kind of business, where competition drives prices upwards, where it's priority creditors should always be other clubs as opposed to other small businesses outside of the game. Sorry Gold, you can't have it both ways. Utter load of tripe contained in this 'Special Report' in which nothing was revealed that we didn't already know (sorry, no - nothing was revealed at all). What a waste of time. I'm of the belief that the players and other clubs should be equal creditor as joe blogs next door. Maybe players would then think about what they are asking for in wages. If the company I worked for went tits up I would be made redundant and people wonder why more and more people can't relate to there football club and players. Bring football back to the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toblerone Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Tax and insolvency are wholly different things. HMRC is not at war with soccer, it is at war with tax evasion. The clubs have come up with madcap schemes to try to evade tax so..... Soccer's bizarre approach to insolvency is equally unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udr4 Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 HMRC have always said they will make an example of a big club (RANGERS) if they get the result, there are almost 300 companys who have used and abused the EBT scheme some of which are football clubs also high flying bankers ect,so there are plenty shitting them selves, keeping one eye on the Rangers situation ,hmrc are trying to get rid of the prefered creditor rule that only applies to football thats why there probaly stalling on out come of the rangers investigation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 What a load of bull. Incredibly one-sided debate in the studio between David Gold and Peter Storrie, both with the same opinion that football's finances are pretty much hunky-dory and the taxman is on a witch-hunt. Gold suggests that football is a business and that HMRC should treat them more like normal businesses, and that HMRC should take some of the responsibility themselves for collecting taxes early, instead and letting it rumble on to insurmountable figures. He later says that football is a different kind of business, where competition drives prices upwards, where it's priority creditors should always be other clubs as opposed to other small businesses outside of the game. Sorry Gold, you can't have it both ways. Utter load of tripe contained in this 'Special Report' in which nothing was revealed that we didn't already know (sorry, no - nothing was revealed at all). What a waste of time. I'd like to see how his football club would survive if outside contrators refused to do business with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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