http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&s…
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling imposed a 50 percent levy on banker bonuses and said he will increase income taxes after elections next year as the worst recession on record drives up U.K. government borrowing.
hahahahahaha what a fucking joke. I wouldn't be surprised if even more people start leaving the UK. Darling really is an idiot.
Pay will iterate to a fair after-tax amount over time or good bankers will leave and work elsewhere.
Increase in income tax announced a while ago; National Insurance increase new though.
Banks are paying the special bonus tax - plenty of ways around it from what I've heard.
Taxes come and go, but I expect that more talent will leave and go to hedge funds/PE shops/ etc
The way around this is simple for the firms. You use one of your non-UK-domiciled legal entities to pay the bonuses to staff in the UK. You simply transfer the bonus pool to a different office who pays the actual bonus to employees. I don't see how it's illegal, and it avoids the special tax. You still have to pay taxes on funds bround into the UK, but if you have an offshore account (and you're not American), you can avoid the taxes altogether.
Thoughts?
I am pretty sure banks will find a way around that...maybe people will get a raise just before the bonus and next year they will have a drop in salary :-) To follow up with the previous comment it was clearly mention by top UK gov people that they will monitor any tax avoidance scheme so I am curious to see what type of actions will be taken there...but at the end of the day I agree that certainly something can be done overseas, not sure how you can get back the money to the UK...anyway that will be interesting to follow. I am in London, it's a huge story here as you can imagine, Barclays CEO even told that bankers will fly away from London, etc...
Im thinking of the same work around. It will be very easy for banks to dance around that retarded tax...for now. Bloomberg had that same article about 6 weeks ago and some big banks were talking about going to Zurich or Moscow if taxes get out of control
UK sucks anyway. Ugly chicks, high taxes, shitty food, not much too like.
Amen.
Aspernatur quidem assumenda et. Dignissimos modi quos et eum soluta perspiciatis.
Sit illo qui aut soluta placeat cumque ducimus. Omnis quam quisquam ipsum delectus nobis quidem quaerat. Repellat dolorum nobis illum velit est rerum sunt. Corrupti atque exercitationem ea earum nobis.
Unde autem beatae similique repellendus. Quaerat minus quae in quibusdam.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...