Barclays leaked Guardian documents here

[Holden Caulfield]

Hello..



As you might have heard Barclays Bank have slapped a gagging order on the Guardian Newspaper, forbidding them from publishing leaked documents which show Barclays alledged tax avoidence scheme.

Thankfully the high court has not banned me from pointing you to a place where the documents are available:

Here

 

[bindex]

I'm afraid the link isn't working for me.

Nothing surprises me about our bankers though... parasites all.

edit: Google is your friend

 

[newyorkaddict]

People should be thankfull Barclays are doing everything they can to stay in the black. Instead of scrounging money from the taxpayer because there fat cat bosses have p**sed it down the drain and then sat back and got bailed out. Barclays are one of the few banks out there not going cap in hand to the government.

 

[who?]

People should be thankfull Barclays are doing everything they can to stay in the black. Instead of scrounging money from the taxpayer because there fat cat bosses have p**sed it down the drain and then sat back and got bailed out. Barclays are one of the few banks out there not going cap in hand to the government.

Yeah, thats right.

We should all be pleased that banks might be channeling money that ought to go to the state into the coffers of those poor big corporations.

Tax fraud isn't big and it isn't clever.

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

People should be thankfull Barclays are doing everything they can to stay in the black. Instead of scrounging money from the taxpayer because there fat cat bosses have p**sed it down the drain and then sat back and got bailed out. Barclays are one of the few banks out there not going cap in hand to the government.

I really hope that was supposed to be tongue in cheek. If not then

 

[newyorkaddict]

Yeah, thats right.

We should all be pleased that banks might be channeling money that ought to go to the state into the coffers of those poor big corporations.

Tax fraud isn't big and it isn't clever.

Get a sense of humour

I really hope that was supposed to be tongue in cheek. If not then

Jimmy, yes it was and no it wasn't. Barclays are one of the few banks not begging for money, but what they did is wrong, but as has been demonstrated, the banks will do whatever they want, and get away with it:thumbsdown:

 

[Raymond Lin]

Tax avoidance is perfectly legal, tax evasion however is illegal.

This is no different than people using loop holes to pay less tax on their businesses.

 

[photon]

Barclays are one of the few banks not begging for money, but what they did is wrong, but as has been demonstrated, the banks will do whatever they want, and get away with it:thumbsdown:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclays#Controversy

 

[bindex]

...Get a sense of humour...

Barclays are one of the few banks not begging for money, but what they did is wrong, but as has been demonstrated, the banks will do whatever they want, and get away with it:thumbsdown:

Sorry if I've hacked your comments around a bit, and I'm not trying to get at you personally, but no sense of humour is required with facts like these...

The average worker pays 30% of their wages in tax and national insurance. But in 2007 Barclays Bank paid just 22% on £7 billion profits.

And I won't even start to talk about the bonuses...
It may be legal (maybe), but it's certainly not morally or ethically justified.

 

[Raymond Lin]

And I won't even start to talk about the bonuses...
It may be legal (maybe), but it's certainly not morally or ethically justified.

That's where you are getting yourself muddled.

Morality and legality are different things and so they should stay that way.

 

[bindex]

Yes they are indeed different things. I'm not sure I agree about keeping them separate though? I think we do need a social conscience in any "civilised" society, I'm just not convinced that we actually have one.