Tag Archives: Exchequer

“Dearie me”; is the national insurance fund -“a fund”- an “accounting convention” or a fraud?

Posted on September 14, 2026 by henry tapper

This blog moves from a tax- moan about someone who could no better, to a defence of how we pay elder people from taxation. Thanks to regular commentator “Dearieme” and Derek Scott and thanks to Ben Wilkinson who got this … Continue reading →

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2.4m People flexibly accessed Pension Income before Age 65. The Treasury is the Big Winner

Posted on August 19, 2026 by henry tapper

This may or nay not be true but whether this was chicanery by the Exchequer of not, there is a lot of money that will not be paid as pension that was incentivised to be so. I’m agreeing with James … Continue reading →

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The snake-oil salesman of Reform – is he fit to run our Exchequer?

Posted on April 20, 2026 by henry tapper

In case you’re confused – the £100k of tax @TiceRichard failed to pay here is totally different to the – £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends – the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance Industrial scale grifting … Continue reading →

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We have a Government that respects pensions – let’s be thankful.

Posted on October 25, 2025 by henry tapper

Politics are playing the right way right now. The Pension Minister has never got the prominence that Torsten Bell got last week when making announcements on how pensions were an important part of British pension policy. There is a video … Continue reading →

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