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I suspect though that that US Supreme Court ruling has little impact and no jurisdiction on an HMRC (HMRC = Her Majesty's Revenue and Customers, the UK's equiva
by adamt 13y ago
I suspect though that that US Supreme Court ruling has little impact and no jurisdiction on an HMRC (HMRC = Her Majesty's Revenue and Customers, the UK's equivalent to the IRS) investigation into the tax practices of Google's UK subsidiary.
- bdcravens 13y agoI believe the poster intended to quote the Justice to speak to the principle of the matter, not to imply that the ruling had jurisdiction.
- aarondf 13y agoI did indeed, very much so. Thanks for saying that!
- AnthonyMouse 13y agoWould you prefer Lord Clyde in Ayrshire Pullman Motor Services v Inland Revenue? No man in the country is under the smallest obligation, moral or other, so to arrange his legal relations to his business or property as to enable the Inland Revenue to put the largest possible shovel in his stores. The Inland Revenue is not slow, and quite rightly, to take every advantage which is open to it under the Taxing Statutes for the purposes of depleting the taxpayer's pocket. And the taxpayer is in like manner entitled to be astute to prevent, so far as he honestly can, the depletion of his means by the Inland Revenue
- nijk 13y ago> "honestly" Which generally precludes lying before Parliament.
- chasb 13y agoLearned Hand never sat on the Supreme Court. The quoted passage is from his Second Circuit decision, 69 F.2d 810.