tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post295911287649414915..comments2024-03-28T21:28:11.465+00:00Comments on nourishing obscurity: [inheritance tax] exemplifies the political divideJames Highamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-36090938939306009342007-10-13T17:17:00.000+01:002007-10-13T17:17:00.000+01:00Well, some of us have never inherited anything nor...Well, some of us have never inherited anything nor ever will so I regard this policy of raising the threshold for IHT or whatever the correct terminology is as just giving, again, to those who have. If I had loads of money I wouldn't mind paying the tax on it.<BR/><BR/>Agree, though, that the "truly needy" are nearly always left out.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-87116819884192703492007-10-12T03:04:00.000+01:002007-10-12T03:04:00.000+01:00Fortunately we don't have inheritance tax in Canad...Fortunately we don't have inheritance tax in Canada and somehow we manage. I think it a perfectly ridiculous tax, since in a way its double taxation. <BR/>Here we take our after tax money and invest it on property or stocks or bonds or whatever and then we pay income tax and capital gains tax on everything except our principal residence.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me, the rich always know how to get around paying these taxes on the whole anyway and they admit in Britain that hardly anyone pays it. It probably costs as much to collect it as they gather in if the truth is known.jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-11579494520936590602007-10-11T20:21:00.000+01:002007-10-11T20:21:00.000+01:00I don't think I represent the Labour leadership's ...I don't think I represent the Labour leadership's opinion given events of the last day or two! I'm sure though that there are many in the party and elsewhere who would be willing to put the moral case. <BR/><BR/>Here's Will Hutton in the Observer for one:<BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2185511,00.htmlJRD168https://www.blogger.com/profile/11623002999736612354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-38926478024432321022007-10-11T10:50:00.000+01:002007-10-11T10:50:00.000+01:00It's a pity anonymous commented as "anonymous". C...It's a pity anonymous commented as "anonymous". Clicking on the link brings you to Parker Joseph.<BR/><BR/>It's also a pity that the hard information and sources are not listed more accessibly.<BR/><BR/>My own info confirms that this is happening but people are going to need hard data to convince them.<BR/><BR/>There is hard data and it needs collating and presenting in a list.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-82908657709810277532007-10-11T08:53:00.000+01:002007-10-11T08:53:00.000+01:00Absolutely spot on. IHT is nothing more than grave...Absolutely spot on. IHT is nothing more than grave robbing. At a time when a family is vulnerable, having lost one of their own, they are forced to sell the family home or take out a mortgage (that they may not be able to afford) to give to the government so that civil servants can piss it away on whatever facile scheme takes their fancy. It is, without doubt, the most morally reprehensible tax imaginable.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-25154907535908784032007-10-11T08:37:00.000+01:002007-10-11T08:37:00.000+01:00Sorry to be O/T.BUT.If you value your life, your f...Sorry to be O/T.<BR/>BUT.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk/blog/_archives/2007/10/11/3283329.html" REL="nofollow">If you value your life, your freedom, - your everything, well, - - you better read this!</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com