CITB Construction skills

Sambucus_Nigra

villabadger wrote: »

If they want to be sure that they receive as much income as possible then they should capture everyone by default and then determine whether that tax is payable on a case by case basis. I just cannot see how this is enforcable by law if they adopt a 'hit and mis' approach.

I'm sure if you made a suggestion as to how they do this, the rep would be happy to take your ideas back to the CITB and implement them

villabadger

Hey I'm not having a pop at you! You have been very helpful so far. I am just trying to understand the logic around the fact that it is supposed to be a legal requirement to do this. However, they don't tell us about!

I don't intend on meeting any of the reps;)

Maybe the CITB person will reply with their views?

Sambucus_Nigra

villabadger wrote: »

Hey I'm not having a pop at you! You have been very helpful so far. I am just trying to understand the logic around the fact that it is supposed to be a legal requirement to do this. However, they don't tell us about!

I don't intend on meeting any of the reps;)

Maybe the CITB person will reply with their views?

First rule of CITB - there is no logic.

Second rule.....you get the gist.

It is a legal requirement however in order for them to take you to court for not completing the levy form, or not paying the resulting levy - they have to know about you in the first place.

villabadger

Another wind up is the financial information on their website. Delving through their declarations of salaries etc it is refreshing to see that 250+ CITB employees all have lovely final salary pensions and many have very healthly incomes!!!

There seems to be a hell of a lot of levy money being used to oil the machine. I wonder how many of us small business owners have the benefit of a nice safe pension or, indeed, any pension at all - I don't! The more I look into this the worse it becomes - it stinks :mad:

Sambucus_Nigra

Yup! It sure does.

And the stories I could tell, if I so wished to. Would make your blood boil.

villabadger

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

First rule of CITB - there is no logic.

Second rule.....you get the gist.

It is a legal requirement however in order for them to take you to court for not completing the levy form, or not paying the resulting levy - they have to know about you in the first place.

Ha ha I like it!

Yeh, but is a valid defence......"sorry I've never heard of you? CITB who? what levy return?" How are you supposed to know if you are not told? Actually, do they offer training as a psychic/mind reader? Maybe I can get some of the levy back this way? :rotfl:

villabadger

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Yup! It sure does.

And the stories I could tell, if I so wished to. Would make your blood boil.

C'mon you can't just leave it like that! Spill the beans - you know you want to :j

Lifeisbutadream

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Yup! It sure does.

And the stories I could tell, if I so wished to. Would make your blood boil.

Aww tell us???!!

Lifeisbutadream

villabadger wrote: »

Ha ha I like it!

Yeh, but is a valid defence......"sorry I've never heard of you? CITB who? what levy return?" How are you supposed to know if you are not told? Actually, do they offer training as a psychic/mind reader? Maybe I can get some of the levy back this way? :rotfl:

One of the first replies I got in this thread was that it could not have been a surprise invoice as the CITB have been around for 40 years!

Lots of things have been around for 40 years, but I dont know everything about all of them!

villabadger would you have over £80K worth of subbie work going through your books? will you re-think how you do things? I certainly will be - there is no way they are ever getting a penny from me.

Sambucus_Nigra

No chance!!! I'm identifiable by just having been witness to some of the malarkey that they got up to; on levypayer's money!