tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post2085581653747491777..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Doh! .... actually, a lot less dough*Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-79700164530082512652013-07-05T17:59:07.918+01:002013-07-05T17:59:07.918+01:00Graeme - I think it is slightly more worrying that...Graeme - I think it is slightly more worrying that "the money" was deemed as received and spent; and thus facilitated a reduction in government borrowing in May. So, what should happen now - a revision of all published data on 2013 - 2014 so far, and a revision of all projections for 2013 - 2014 which included those "receipts" which do not appear to have materialised? Is there a "new" hole in the finances or not? <br /><br />I also find it very hard to believe, given the focus on this "agreement" when it was announced that HMRC doesn't have an exact figure for how much has been received via the "voluntary disclosure route" Bob Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740938924657986318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-62274324089371115052013-07-05T17:45:49.216+01:002013-07-05T17:45:49.216+01:00so they do not know how much additional tax was ra...so they do not know how much additional tax was raised from individuals who, learning of the increased risk, decided voluntarily to make disclosure to the UK tax authorities but, nevertheless, the scheme is a failure. It is like the Starbucks thing all over again - damned if you don't pay the "morally correct" tax and damned again if you do.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.com