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Dublin men to marry to avoid inheritance tax

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  • #32
    Dr Brown
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    RayM wrote: »
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=105196742&postcount=6


    I still don't see any proof that anything I said was "racist".

    Some people just see "racism" everywhere.


  • #33
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Dr Brown wrote: »
    I still don't see any proof that anything I said was "racist".

    Some people just see "racism" everywhere.

    Some seem to see it nowhere at all. Same with homophobia.


  • #34
    shivermetimber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 270 ✭✭shivermetimber


    Cordell wrote: »
    Probably not, but: get your dad divorced, then have him marry me. When he dies I'll marry you, then when I die you get all minus what I manage to spend, hopefully less than the tax.

    A ****, that's a bit too much work. I'll just get him to marry my partner instead. Not believing in marriage might have its tax benefits after all :pac:


  • #35
    server down
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    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Seriously?

    They have openly admitted they are only doing it to avoid tax.

    Is getting married to avoid tax actually evasion though?


  • #36
    rgace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 479 ✭✭rgace


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Inheritance tax is not right anyway! When you earn your money you pay tax on it and then they want you to pay tax on it again? F**k off

    You won't be paying it, whoever inherits it will pay tax on it.


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  • #37
    WHIP IT!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,887 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    mikemac2 wrote: »
    Back in the day the tax year used to start in April.
    Might have been Charlie McCreevy who changed it to a calendar year or maybe a minister before him, ah it was a long time ago

    No tax credits back then but you had the tax free allowance

    April was the peak month for weddings as it was the start of the tax year and the non working wife could transfer their allowance. And the reason I say wife is we know it was most cases and if she was a civil servant she was forced to resign! Though the civil service bar is decades ago, not recent history

    OP, tax avoidance all legal was going on 50 years ago. Anyone who pays more tax than they have to is a fool

    How many of these marriages involved people who went in the paper to declare their sole reason for getting hitched was to avoid tax?

    Are people really having this much difficulty understanding why these two chaps may have put themselves in a difficult legal position by making the statements they have? :confused:


  • #38
    Canis Lupus
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    Lol, I can just see the op ticking the no box in the vote whilst muttering 'they'll only be using it for tax evasion, I won't allow it'


  • #39
    [Deleted User]
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    I wonder if they actually are gay and this is an excuse


  • #40
    server down
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    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    How many of these marriages involved people who went in the paper to declare their sole reason for getting hitched was to avoid tax?

    Are people really having this much difficulty understanding why these two chaps may have put themselves in a difficult legal position by making the statements they have? :confused:

    So back to my question - has there ever been a case where a marriage was declared sham for tax reasons. Is that even within the power of revenue?


  • #41
    Cordell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,641 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Sparko wrote: »
    Revenue take tax avoidance very seriously - if they just got married and kept their head down it probably wouldn't be an issue, but they've clearly stated they're trying to avoid tax.

    Seriously now, people do actually get officially married for the added benefits, including tax. So if they do it for tax reasons between other reasons revenue have no grounds to call their marriage a fraud. They can always say that they are actually deeply in love and they said that just as a joke and publicity stunt as they share their love of quirky humor.


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  • #42
    server down
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    Dr Brown wrote: »
    Biased on what ?

    Report them and move on. They’re fouling up the thread.


  • #43
    padd b1975
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    secman wrote: »
    This is actually a heterosexual marriage as both men have declared thst they are straight, so it's the same as all the other heterosexual marriages :) ..... just a bit different.
    riffmongous wrote: »
    I wonder if they actually are gay and this is an excuse
    They were on Liveline earlier this afternoon, the older guy definitely "bakes a light cake" as they say in polite company.


  • #44
    WHIP IT!
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    server down wrote: »
    So back to my question - has there ever been a case where a marriage was declared sham for tax reasons. Is that even within the power of revenue?

    I really don't know, that's why I asked the question. I don't see what they have gained from going public with this.
    Cordell wrote: »
    Seriously now, people do actually get officially married for the added benefits, including tax. So if they do it for tax reasons between other reasons revenue have no grounds to call their marriage a fraud. They can always say that they are actually deeply in love and they said that just as a joke and publicity stunt as they share their love of quirky humor.

    Ah yeah, I'm sure the Revenue Inspector would absolutely take that at face value and tip on down the road whistling away to himself.

    It's all a very cute story, lads. Gave me a giggle and I abhor the very idea of inheritance tax.... but is this really any different than someone collecting social welfare while working on the side a couple days a week? It's effectively robbing money from the Exchequer... this reminds me of the Monorail episode of the Simpsons - these guys have the catchy song so everyone is fine with it!


  • #45
    server down
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    Googling “bakes a light cake”.


  • #46
    server down
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭server down


    Feeling hungry now.


  • #47
    WHIP IT!
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    server down wrote: »
    Googling “bakes a light cake”.

    Reminds me of being in work one day a few years back. The phrase "confirmed bachelor" was used in a newspaper article and I was the only one who didn't know that it was a coy way of saying someone was gay... every time I'd seen "confirmed bachelor" I always thought it meant the divil was ridin' all around him! :(:D


  • #48
    server down
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    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    I really don't know, that's why I asked the question. I don't see what they have gained from going public with this.



    Ah yeah, I'm sure the Revenue Inspector would absolutely take that at face value and tip on down the road whistling away to himself.

    It's all a very cute story, lads. Gave me a giggle and I abhor the very idea of inheritance tax.... but is this really any different than someone collecting social welfare while working on the side a couple days a week? It's effectively robbing money from the Exchequer... this reminds me of the Monorail episode of the Simpsons - these guys have the catchy song so everyone is fine with it!

    My guess is no. There’s no tax sham here. Citizens at least can get married, if not bigamous, for any reason they want. The state doesn’t enforce love, sexual relations, length of time they were together. Nothing.


  • #49
    RayM
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    server down wrote: »
    Report them and move on. They’re fouling up the thread.

    Trollception. What we need now is another rereg to come along and start trolling Thundering Kunt.


  • #50
    mikemac2
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    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Reminds me of being in work one day a few years back. The phrase "confirmed bachelor" was used in a newspaper article and I was the only one who didn't know that it was a coy way of saying someone was gay... every time I'd seen "confirmed bachelor" I always thought it meant the divil was ridin' all around him! :(:D

    Does it???

    I thought confirmed bachelor was a playboy who would never settle down

    Actually I still think it does


  • #51
    WHIP IT!
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    mikemac2 wrote: »
    Does it???

    I thought confirmed bachelor was a playboy who would never settle down

    Actually I still think it does

    Well f*ck me, if you're right, I've got some phone calls to make to an office-full of smug pr*cks I used to work with! :D:D:D


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  • #52
    _Dara_
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    mikemac2 wrote: »
    Does it???

    I thought confirmed bachelor was a playboy who would never settle down

    Actually I still think it does
    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Well f*ck me, if you're right, I've got some phone calls to make to an office-full of smug pr*cks I used to work with! :D:D:D

    It used to very much be code for gay. But now that homosexuality is out in the open, it's not needed as much.


  • #53
    server down
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    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Well f*ck me, if you're right, I've got some phone calls to make to an office-full of smug pr*cks I used to work with! :D:D:D

    It can mean either a gay man or someone who is not marrying material (ie sleeps around, playboy, doesn’t want to marry).


    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=confirmed%20bachelor

    So now you need to phone those people again to tell them you were right the first time.


  • #54
    WHIP IT!
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    server down wrote: »
    It can mean either a gay man or someone who is not marrying material (ie sleeps around, playboy, doesn’t want to marry).


    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=confirmed%20bachelor

    So now you need to phone those people again to tell them you were right the first time.

    I feel a passive-aggressive facebook post with a few tagged 'pals' coming... :cool:


  • #55
    Ipso
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    lawred2 wrote: »
    What's stopping heterosexual people doing that?

    Only gay people would marry hetros. You can only avoid tax by marrying someone on the other side of the sexuality spectrum.


  • #56
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,418 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Fair play to them, the whole concept of inheritance tax is immoral imo.v I just hope that the authorities don't block them from getting married because it's to exploit a tax break as opposed to it being a real relationship. I wouldn't be surprised if they viewed it as being similar to foreign guys marrying EU citizens here to get passports.


  • #57
    Ubbquittious
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    Fair fcuks to them. More lads should do the same


  • #58
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Legends


  • #59
    RayM
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    Yes, fair play to them. And fair play also to people who get married for immigration purposes.


  • #60
    CPTM
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    So two people meet, become best friends, tell everyone they're getting married even though it's really just for tax purposes. They never have sex or show any physical interest in the other person.

    Sounds like every marriage I've ever heard of.


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  • #61
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    Fair fcuks to them. More lads should do the same
    I think the issue is that there won't be any "fair fcuks".


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