I agree with your points. My brother in law bought an ipace back in 2019 and it's been in the workshop since then most of the time. Utter dog **** for a million kronor/£80000 car. Wouldn't mind a restored 1989 XJS V12 convertible if I had a spare 30k and no responsibilities... https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1798608
To be fair he did say some years ago he bought it to avoid the inheritance tax, however he has gone on to take on the farming himself with a small team of assistants (it used to be farmed by someone else on his behalf) and make another highly successful TV show which makes him even more money. Despite the large number of rich people and businesses in the UK only about 4% pay inheritance tax as most find a way to avoid it without buying a farm, those that do pay are those at the lower end of richness but not smart or rich enough to employ a good accountant. No one should pay inheritance tax. There are better ways for the government to collect revenue.
A jury in a civil court has found that Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor raped a woman in a Dublin hotel in 2018 - and has awarded her £188,000 in damages. ****er.
The evidence against him was pretty strong.. the victim had a tampon rammed so deep inside herself that it had to be removed at hospital via forceps. Not really what a woman able to consent would forget about. Weird oddball that got his drug dealer to confess that it was he who had sex with her, to make out it was a free for all, when the victim said she had no contact with him.
I don’t really think that only 4% of the population pay inheritance tax because ‘they find a way to avoid it’ …unless you mean the way most of them have found is not having that much money.
Regardless of how many pay it, for a tax that'll raise relatively bugger all there's an awful lot of political damage being done with this IHT on farms stuff, talk about shooting yourself in the foot...
The big clever rich ones use tax avoidance and don't pay, the poor ones under the threshold don't pay, there are a few 4% who either didn't understand or knew about it but we're unable to mitigate the tax implications so end up paying tax on assets. It's quite likely their desendendants will have to sell some of the assets to pay the tax.
I mean, I'm sure there's something in it and that musicians are not getting their fair share from touring. But also maybe if some of them can't make a living any more they should go out and get a proper job like the rest of us. This one is low down on my sob-story-ometer.
I don't think so. Plenty of excellent bands haven't made it over the years. Lot's of crap have made millions. They're not all entitled to make a living from it. Kate Nash ha always come across as a decent sort so I do hope she can continue to do what she loves doing.
'Proper job, one like where someone has to pay income tax and national insurance? The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine lm
Not sure what you class as a 'proper' job but it seems she's done just that with the OnlyFans stuff. Sure, touring is expensive and I can see that it may be seen as a loss leader for all but the biggest names but if artists are getting poor treatment in terms of royalties, etc then that seems wrong.
I'm not talking about Kate Nash. She's also a successful actress and good on her for exploiting an angle on onlyfans. She's probably the example to follow. There's also a bunch of other acts quoted that I haven't heard of complaining they've had to cancel gigs. What are they doing about it?
