tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post1288596765082432870..comments2023-03-22T07:01:56.428+01:00Comments on Lost On Time: Basmanticsejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-59642841506202599732016-09-28T15:32:43.226+02:002016-09-28T15:32:43.226+02:00Mr Basman may have broken the tax law, but it'...<i>Mr Basman may have broken the tax law, but it's a pretty stupid one that penalises chess as compared to "baton-twirling" and darts, and I presume the breach was inadvertant.</i><br /><br />Someone who I suspect is a relative expert on the subject of VAT has pointed out that the sports VAT exemption is subject to conditions which the structure of the UKCC may not have met. As a possible comparison, running a hypothetical nationwide table tennis competition with school qualifiers to county, regional and national championships might have run into the same VAT issues when set up as a sole trader business. <br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-10730223083914048812016-09-28T08:15:35.344+02:002016-09-28T08:15:35.344+02:00impersonations, I meant!impersonations, I meant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-68938565665946535972016-09-28T08:14:20.440+02:002016-09-28T08:14:20.440+02:00More imperonations of an ostrich: http://www.ukche...More imperonations of an ostrich: http://www.ukchesschallenge.com/docs/TheTimesdoesn'tSupportChildren.pdf<br /><br />RSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-22934532865600654452016-09-26T12:25:58.111+02:002016-09-26T12:25:58.111+02:00I presume the breach was inadvertent
There is no ...<i> I presume the breach was inadvertent</i><br /><br />There is no particular reason to believe this and Mr Basman himself has not made this claim. Moreover, as he continued to operate in the same way a long time after proceedings were taken out against him, he plainly <i>did</i> know by then, if not before.<br /><br /><i>Is the British brain power reference to the Code Breakers? </i><br /><br />One assumes so. Its relevance to Basman v HMRC is of course nil.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-1246805478195557832016-09-26T11:47:17.759+02:002016-09-26T11:47:17.759+02:00Don't see the reason for mounting any high hor...Don't see the reason for mounting any high horses here. I'm pretty sure my school chess club didn't pay VAT on my subs. Mr Basman may have broken the tax law, but it's a pretty stupid one that penalises chess as compared to "baton-twirling" and darts, and I presume the breach was inadvertant. It's HMRC that don't look good, not Mr Basman. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-25051508016847307552016-09-26T10:59:19.531+02:002016-09-26T10:59:19.531+02:00whomever he is struggling against. <-- silly pe...whomever he is struggling against. <-- silly pedantry.AdamPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-91018603238855596572016-09-26T08:43:21.121+02:002016-09-26T08:43:21.121+02:00Is the British brain power reference to the Code B...Is the British brain power reference to the Code Breakers? (Bletchley Park)<br />Milner-Barry and Alexander, I presume?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-25448764968837913822016-09-22T11:21:53.020+02:002016-09-22T11:21:53.020+02:00whomever he is struggling against.
chess as "...<i>whomever</i> he is struggling against.<br /><br />chess as "the premier brain activity" sounds a bit self-serving, to put it mildly.<br /><br />Then again, Kirsan said a few days ago (kirsan.today post) that Magnus and Karjakin will be fighting for the title of "smartest person in the world" come November.<br /><br />Are chess folks really that deluded about where they stand on the intellect scale? Admittedly, failing to be objective is a common fault of players who fail to make GM (say). And too many of these end up in chess admin (Danailov, Makro, ...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-52581219618964853162016-09-22T10:47:01.929+02:002016-09-22T10:47:01.929+02:00The consequence of HMRC's imposition of VAT ru...The consequence of HMRC's imposition of VAT rules would be that entry fees for schools and individuals would have to increase to recoup the additional expenses. It may not have to be by 20% each because the entry fees could be cross subsidised and the VAT contained in the expenses of UKCC in purchasing fluffy pencils and similar as prizes should be able to be offset against VAT on entry fees. There would also be the added expense, if a volunteer didn't do it, of doing the necessary record keeping. VAT paid on school entry fees might be reclaimable by the schools anyway.<br /><br />AS far as this particular "game" is concerned, continuing a political struggle is akin to playing on a piece down against a GM.<br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com