Ooh, stand by for some flaming and grand claims by the unemployed and minimum wage, non tax paying rowdy crowd here!

“He hasn’t done anything illegal”, Sure but he himself was villifying people for using perfectly legal methods to avoid tax.

The accusation is one of hypocrisy, much as it was with Ken Livingstone.

“Last year on Channel 4 Jimmy Carr took on Barclays for carrying out a tax-avoidance scheme. Carr donned a blonde wig to play a female bank clerk. ‘Why don’t you apply for the Barclays’ 1 per cent tax scam,’ she announced to her customers. ‘You will need the world’s biggest, most aggressive team of blood-hungry amoral tax lawyers. If you meet the criteria, you’ll pay 1 per cent tax, like Barclays do.’”

Tax avoidance isn’t illegal, if it was it would be tax evasion. But if you’re going to slate it it’s best not to then get found doing it.

Hi, Wolfgang ! I work & am not workshy. I agree with Minna M above when she says the loophole needs to be closed. Would we do the same if in the same position ? I think most of us probably would. Am I sympathetic towards Jimmy Carr re this ? No. “Terrible error of judgement”, my arse ! He was caught & he needs to deal with it. He knew what he was doing. BTW, I don’t think he is one bit funny at all. Back to the grindstone now, Wolfgang. Your “job shy thejournal.ie armchair warriors” comment is brilliant.

Couldn’t agree more. I can’t swear on my heart and soul that I wouldn’t do the same had I the chance.

No need for apology,he pay his tax that was given to him by politicians….and its getting worse, cos i heard if your that rich and you live in the UK,before your 90 days visa is up,you just get in your private jet fly over few countries near by wait till sunrise and you wont pay a penny on your millions….

He hasn’t done anything illegal?nYou would do the same wouldn’t ya?n500 green thumbs?nnSorry but such an Irish answer.nHe should pay his bloody tax.nHe makes millions.nHe should pay his bloody tax.nWhat’s the problem?nHe should pay his bloody tax.nHe has a social responsibility to do so.

How was he caught Declan he was doing something legal we would want to look at our own politicians before we take the high ground

Tax loop holes won’t be closed, too much business will be lost. For example a company recently opened in Dublin who’s purpose is to avail of tax loop holes for clients and allot of work in private financial companies to tax loop hole related.

I’d love to see peoples’ reaction if it was a government politician or a banker like Sean Fitzpatrick making use of tax avoidance measures. I doubt there’d be too many on here defending their actions.

That would be different because it’d be a serious conflict of interest if a politician was doing it.

How would it be?? That makes no sense whatsoever. Are you suggesting that only certain professions need to pay tax? The arguments that people are making here are is that if it’s legal its ok. So then it’s legal for everyone and so it’s ok for everyone.

He doesnt have a day job.As a ‘comedian’ he’s s#ite.

Oh it makes it ok then? I wouldn’t do it.

Lol @ Nivag

The moral issue is he uses public services but refuses to pay for them. Ergo, poor people who pay tax are subsidising his use of, for example the NHS, even though he’s loaded.

That cool with you?

Google siphon billions away from out economy with the double Irish loophole. If it’s okay for them…

I highly highly doubt someone making in excess of £3 Million a year is using the NHS or many other public services. Don’t you?

Stephen Kelly there is a thing called indirect taxation

Legal does not necessarily = moral.

Exactly a lot to do about nothing trying to make an argument out of a non story

1.6 percent while low as a percentage is still £48000 a year. More than your average industrial worker if you want to go down that route.

he should have explained how it works to mick wallace

@simonpierse With respect, there is no reason why anyone should care about your moral qualms, or lack of them. This is not a moral issue, it’s a political one. These scams are legal simply because they favour the rich, who run the joint. In the case of the UK, that’s the Tories. Here, it’s FF/FG/Lab.

Britain got rid of its manufacturing and replaced with an utterly corrupting finance ‘industry’ that depends on off-shoring. We, with our pathetic corporate tax rate and maze of tax avoidance ‘opportunities’ and business ‘supports’ are as bad, if not worse.

I have.nPoint?nWhy doesn’t he just pay his bloody tax?

What the fooook with all the nnnnnnn how many demonstrations have u been involved in to stop this sort of thing I guess non seen as though it’s in a different country ya fool a lot of good saying ya wouldn’t do the same ur not in that position and ya were not told like jimmy Carr it was perfectly acceptable to do this

@gavin – a bit of punctuation wouldn’t go astray. Your post reads like it was wrote by drunken maniac.

“written”

Ha ha Scarr,at least if you are going to be a grammar nazi,try not make a fool out of yourself while you are doing it LOL :-)

Just shows some people will argue about anything on this forum but wouldn’t get out and protest be too much effort

Protest over what Gavin? An English comedian? He’s not that bad, surely?

what about the bank guarantee for a start, and continued payments to unsecured bond holders.

Have you paid your troll tax this year?

You think governments should legislate according to whether or not things are moral?

That’s a huge barrel of snakes.

Have you paid your household charge?

If

If you were in his position, would you?

Thought not.

I wouldn’t be publicly slating it in the first place.

He does pay his tax. It might not be a fair share considering his wage but these are the systems rich people put in place to get even richer.

He apologised for a serious mistake in judgement he was told by his adviser it is an acceptable loop hole I doubt he is the richest person taking advantage of this LEGAl LOOP HOLE