£50K, on benefits.....not for long!!!

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(30 October 2012, 10:31)Scythe13 Wrote: May have spoken too soon!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-warn.html

(30 October 2012, 11:27)Tigs Wrote: hold on so every one still gets it then they claim it back! but because some people pay tax in there own country on money they earn here it might be illegal to claim back money from uk tax payers because non uk tax payers get the benefit too! ok two questions one if they earn money in the uk but dont pay uk taxes way do they get uk benefits anyway? and two if the live and work in the uk full time why the feck are they paying tax in another country while using the nhs ,police , schools and benefits ?

The mail have it wrong. They are looking at it from the point of view that if it was deducted PAYE then people from other countries, who may have income there, such as investment, company director, property owner etc may not have this taken into account.

However, as it is through self assessment, anyone not complying with the rules is commiting tax fraud. It is a very clever way of doing it as the onus is not on HMRC to prove or disprove who is earning what, the onus is on the individual not to commit a crime. Tax fraud is one of those crimes that nearly always results in a prison sentence.