http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52913 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52913#post-152669 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:17:16 +0000 Midfield Diamond 152669@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I liked it too but, having also entered the Neat-O, wasn't sure of the etiquette involved - am I allowed to praise the sub in the sure knowledge that the judgement of the esteemed Neat-O setter will not be swayed? Or should I have slagged it off in an attempt to better my chances?</p> <p>Now that the Neat-O results are in, I can safely award some stars of my own </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52913#post-152582 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:46:50 +0000 Squudge 152582@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>rather good, I thought. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52913#post-152291 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:54:02 +0000 Uncle Bertie 152291@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A new non-ministerial department is to be set up to deal with companies such as Starbucks and Amazon who avoid paying their fair share of the UK tax burden.<br /> The new department HMCR (Helpful Magic Carpet &amp; Rugs) will allow multinational corporations to bundle their current tax affairs under a complex range of fiscal loopholes and sweep them all under one giant magic carpet in an effort to make them all go away.<br /> Shareholder George Osborne welcomed the move, saying that he completely understood how a massive corporation receiving billions of pounds of taxpayers money could still turn out to be an abject financial disaster.<br /> Global tax avoiders also welcomed the initiative saying they now looked forward to setting up operations in the UK and putting even more hard working people out of business.<br /> Starbucks head of finance Tory Rinstead said the new tax rules would enable the coffee giant to put most independent coffee shops out of business as early as 2017-18 while Amazon promised shareholders the little family-run bookshop on the corner of Barton Lane in Evesham ‘had just a few days to live’ and guaranteed it would be a charity shop by this time next month.<br /> ‘Failing to record a taxable profit should not be seen as not making a profit’ insisted Osbourne ‘and HMCR will be here to make sure multinationals continue to do exactly the same as they have been for many years to come’.<br /> ‘Here, here’ cried a whole army of directors, consultants, advisors, lawyers and accountants sitting to his right. </p>