Tax avoidance

[Charlieschocolatefactory]

To not know how to feel about someone brazenly telling me they are going to avoid a lot of tax in a way that can't possibly be legal because "they don't want to pay it". I have suspected that their issues previously haven't been someone else's fault like they have previously claimed - seems to be now like a pattern of behaviour.

Especially considering their DS keeps love-bombing my DD regarding how they are destined to be together and giving her gifts. Thing is they are close as friends, less so now. Not quite of an age where anything could have actually happened.

Not quite sure what to do moving forward.

To be perfectly honest I am a bit baffled by your post
( in may just be my friday night brain not working )

Is this person young and so not clued up on how tax works , ie it gets taken out of your wages like it or not or are they avoiding paying tax on things .

if they are love bombing (- a term i dislike , it is called harassment) but Not quite of an age where anything could have actually happened. you need to tell them or get your DD to tell them to sod off.

Do you mean tax evasion? Avoidance is legal, evasion not.

You need to explain the situation a bit more clearly OP.

Who is the tax avoider? How old are the DC?

I assume they are self employed or something? I’m not sure how much you can do about your DC unless they’re very young?

This post makes zero sense to me - it’s like a stream of consciousness.

Are these two things even linked??

Wealthy people manage their money in various ways. If there are any legal strategies to pay less tax or loopholes that allow them to spread their assets in such a way that it costs them less why wouldn’t they? If it’s illegal (tax evasion) they’ll get caught out by the tax man. If it’s avoidance then it’s totally legit and your moral objections should be directed at government policies that allow it.

Odd, tax evasion and love bombing.

What a bizarre post.

I work for HMRC in counter avoidance. Tell me more..

Also tax avoidance is not always legal. Schemes are regularly settled and the tax avoided needs to be paid.

@callmebymyname1

I work for HMRC in counter avoidance. Tell me more..

Love it 😂

You don't like their child love bombing yours so you are thinking about reporting them for tax avoidance? It has just been Valentines day. Are we talking about a 6 year old picking a flower and asking your DD to marry them, or is there more to it?

They seem like a strange family.

I am glad I am not the only one a bit befuddled by this post

Is your dd being harassed?

Tax avoidance is very often not legal - most countries have a "GAAR" or "general anti-avoidance rule" as well as specific anti-avoidance rules. Under the various GAARs basically if the main reason an entity does something is to avoid tax (and there's no primary commercial or other reason) then that scheme may be caught by a GAAR.

Bugbear of mine, apologies for derailing.

This wins my random thread of the day. I cant move 😂😂😂😂

OP please tell the boy to leave your daughter alone or act more appropriate. Or if your dd is old enough then get her to do it. Is your daughter even bothered by this boy or just you?

The whole tax thing, I have no clue about so in the words of the dragons. I am out.

This is weird. I don't get the connection between the two things.

Live bombing and tax avoidance are hardly related issues. Your post is utterly baffling and nonsensical.

As previous posters have pointed out, minimising your tax is legal and sensible =Tax avoidance.
Evading tax is illegal.

Hello. Yes I get the two issues in themselves aren’t related but that their child is trying to forge close links to mine and I don’t really want her to be associated with people who literally don’t pay tax. This is not minimisation of tax - this is straight up fraud.

So yes evasion, not avoidance. Wrong word used.

DD is 17

I wouldn’t judge a 17 yo boy by his parents behaviour. That’s just so odd and irrelevant. You are likely to have very little control over the people your kids hang out with as adults. Obviously if his behaviour is problematic that’s different and you will have to help your DD to find strategies to deal with it.

How on earth can you be sure the parents are avoiding tax? It’s not the kind of this that os obvious or that people boast about.