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Mar 18, 2008, 06:15 AM
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Mar 18, 2008, 06:15 AM
The Taxation blog seems to like toilet stories; I was going to say humour, but let’s stick to stories, it’s probably more accurate.
All American toilet dealt with a reduction in a local ‘toilet tax’, while Flush with success examined a refund of US purchase tax on lav paper.
I see that even the tax hound, Rufus, has deposited his thoughts on the subject which he somehow related to this year’s Budget, in a Dog house article.
Another recent ‘dropping’ of lavatorial news that I almost stepped in is that, apparently, the number of public conveniences has been falling in recent years. Down from a high of 15,500 to just over 5,000 today – inconveniencing, as it were, the nation.
A new (**toilet humour warning**) movement has been launched by the Department for Communities and Local Government entitled (**this one's worse**) All Cisterns Go.
The campaign calls on councils to adopt ‘pioneering new approaches’ to increase access to public lavatories; this could apparently include local authorities paying local businesses to allow the public to use toilets on their premises.
The Government has stated that charging the public for the use of lavatories could be a ‘valuable revenue stream’.
The tax angle?
If money is being paid to businesses for this purpose, I was wondering what income description this would fall under; is the ‘penny’ that has been spent and received trading or investment income?
Perhaps it could be described as Schedule P.
Relieved to have finished your business here? To return to Taxation.co.uk, pull the chain here.
All American toilet dealt with a reduction in a local ‘toilet tax’, while Flush with success examined a refund of US purchase tax on lav paper.
I see that even the tax hound, Rufus, has deposited his thoughts on the subject which he somehow related to this year’s Budget, in a Dog house article.
Another recent ‘dropping’ of lavatorial news that I almost stepped in is that, apparently, the number of public conveniences has been falling in recent years. Down from a high of 15,500 to just over 5,000 today – inconveniencing, as it were, the nation.
A new (**toilet humour warning**) movement has been launched by the Department for Communities and Local Government entitled (**this one's worse**) All Cisterns Go.
The campaign calls on councils to adopt ‘pioneering new approaches’ to increase access to public lavatories; this could apparently include local authorities paying local businesses to allow the public to use toilets on their premises.
The Government has stated that charging the public for the use of lavatories could be a ‘valuable revenue stream’.
The tax angle?
If money is being paid to businesses for this purpose, I was wondering what income description this would fall under; is the ‘penny’ that has been spent and received trading or investment income?
Perhaps it could be described as Schedule P.
Relieved to have finished your business here? To return to Taxation.co.uk, pull the chain here.
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