“No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had.” SaidCountryEnoughProblemGovernmentRichCostTaxesBritishAccountantsBritish Government Author:Donald Sutherland
“Say did you read in the papers about a bunch of Women up in British Columbia as a protest against high taxes, sit out in the open naked, and they wouldent put their clothes on? The authorities finally turned a Sprayer that you use on trees, on 'em. That may lead into quite a thing. Woman comes into the tax office nude, saying I won't pay. Well they can't search her and get anything. It sounds great. How far is it to British Columbia?” WellsMayUseSoundPayTreeTaxesOfficeAuthorityPaperClothesBritishBunchNakedEmsProtestPapersColumbiaBritish ColumbiaHigh Taxes Book:Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding Source: Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding
“The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.” Has BeensInterestCitiesIssuesTaxesEuropeFinancialBritishShyRegulationIntroductionTransactionsReluctanceFinancial Regulation Author:Francois Hollande
“You can't say British Columbia's carbon tax is exactly the same as increasing hydroelectricity rates in another province. They're very different mechanisms, but we shouldn't deny that both of them can have an impact, and that's why we're talking about this broadly.” DifferentTalkingTaxesImpactRateDenyBritishMechanismCarbonProvincesColumbiaBritish ColumbiaCarbon Tax Author:Christy Clark
“Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank that booked the biz in Jersey.” DealsTaxesDenyBritishJerseyAvoidanceAndrea Author:Laura Kuenssberg