Sandwell's Death Tax II, The VAT Rebate Refusal

For years it seems Sandwell charged bereaved families VAT for headstone work for cremated remains then Sandwell found out some VAT should not have been charged ? 

A number of people assumed they would get some over payment money back!

Got the picture ???

 

But Sandwell Labour said We are keeping the VAT rebate money (£1M)

That £1Million over paid by loved ones, usually pensioners who have lost partners. 

The excuse Labour used in the press is

“In many cases the level of VAT amounts to only £10 and its impractical to trace people to pay them back"

Hold on a minute ?

Sandwell used to write to Crematorium memorial owners every 10 years or so and ask them for more money for the next 10 years rent and a clean up of the memorial, or it says it will remove the name stone 

and plaques.

So here are a few questions that need answering 

If Sandwell knows were people live when it wants money for a Crematorium headstone clean and the next 10 years rent.  when it comes to paying people back, why is it a very difficult task ?

How did Sandwell Value its VAT refund at £1M ? 

Did it have a good guess or have a list of the transactions ?

Sandwell Tory Said

Labour loves your money, my last post asked

Are Sandwell Labour coming for your death & divi club money?

Now I ask

Have Sandwell Labour found a way to Tax you years after your dead ?

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/03/22/funeral-families-vat-rebate-blow-in-sandwell/

 For overseas readers VAT = Value Added Tax , similar to a purchase Tax

Sandwell's Children’s Services, will no one in Labour ever Resign

What is going on in Sandwell's children’s services they seem to have had more Directors than children's workers, following the latest damaging news that another senior Director has been sent home pending rumours of another bad report.

Starting back in 2009 then 2010 then 2011 then 2012 and now in 2013,  all we hear is there is to be yet another reorganisation

It is simply NOT GOOD ENOUGH to have another reorganisation after so many years
of Promises

Would you like an external inquiry conducted?

Do you feel this reorganisation should involve the resignation of the Cabinet member for children's services ?

Is almost 5 years of failed Labour promises Good enough ?

We want the Government to send a team in ????    

Going Back

http://sandwellconservatives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/sandwell-childrenss-services.html

Going back
 http://sandwellconservatives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/sandwell-childrens-services.html

we wrote  

4 new heads of service

£2Million in temporary staff wages
10 staff suspended
100’s redundant

Sandwell Tory said

I have now lost count on how many heads of department Sandwell has got through in the last few years

Appalling, totally appalling I bet no one will resign 

 

Sandwell 's Death tax

You work hard you never claim on society you scrimp & save for a mortgage you’re sensible enough to put a few bob aside for a decent funeral when you go, then in your 50's or 60's you lose your job, then Sandwell come along after your saved up funeral money.

Sandwell have lowered the capital cut off limit for Council tax reduction (CTR)  from £16,000 to £6,000

I went to my old mates funeral just 3 weeks ago and that cost £4800 just for the funeral without

the wake and other expenses

So this means some residents will have to pay council tax from their funeral money

Sandwell Tory said

Other authorities have kept this part of CTR the same to help their residents
Well done Sandwell, for a Death Tax

Will Sandwell now come for your Death and Divi money ??

http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200207/council_tax/2019/local_council_tax_reduction_scheme

Is Labour ashamed of Labour ?

 

After years of waiting, we now seem to have a Labour policy. "SORRY !" yes Labour are sorry for everything, Hospitals , Finance, Houses, Labour are rolling out MP after MP to say Sorry.

 

Ed Miliband says sorry for everything  See Link to Economist, labours_blame_game

 

Liam Byrne is also sorry       See link to BBC

Ed doesn't want to miss out and says sorry for Balls up

Link to the sun.Ed-says-sorry-for-Labours-economic-Balls-up.html

Ed Balls said I'm sorry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15059605

Tom Watson is also sorry

http://news.sky.com/story/920594/labour-mp-sorry-for-intern-twit-rape-gaffe

John Prescott was sorry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5386428.stm

Ed Miliband on Hospitals "Labour are truly sorry"

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-02-06/miliband-labour-are-truly-sorry/


Labour MP Ian Davidson says sorry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-15459725

Labour MP Ivan Lewis said Labour should apologise to voters, party members and workers for mistakes made

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7393566.stm

Labour candidate John O'Farrell apologises for wishing Margaret Thatcher had been killed

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/district/eastleigh/10235284.Sorry___Labour_candidate_apologises_for_wishing_Thatcher_had_been_killed/

on that point, we never had an apology about a re tweet ?

Sandwell Tory said

Hey Ed why no mention of the EU or immigration ? 

 

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/03/ed-miliband-tries-to-reassure-voters-on-labours-immigration-policy-without-mentioning-the-eu/

Labour's ground hog day

Have you heard the saying, “Its being so miserable that keeps them happy” we have now had months of Labour telling you tales of gloom and doom

Ed Miliband's Labour party has basically opposed most things we have done, yet at the same time Ed seems to be sorry for most of the things Labour did while in government

Labour chant

The economy O, woe is me we are doing it wrong

Europe O, woe is me we are doing it wrong

jobs, O, woe is me we are doing it wrong

but while Labour's new battle cry revolves around O, woe is me gloom doom and pestilence

here's a list of items Labour may not like you to know

Investing in more apprenticeships. Over the lifetime of this parliament, we will fund 250,000 more apprenticeships than the last government even planned.

Cash bonuses for small companies taking on young apprentices. We are offering employers

with 50 employees or fewer up to £1,500 for taking on an apprentice aged between 16 and 24.

A record half a million people started an apprenticeship last year. 520,600 people started an

apprenticeship in 2011-12.

An 86 per cent increase in apprenticeships under this Government.

UK tops global competitiveness survey. The UK has topped KPMG’s league of best countries

to do business, ahead of Switzerland, the USA and France for the first time ever

Income tax cut for 24 million people. The Government will have increased the personal

allowance from £6,475 in 2010 to £9,440 by April 2013.

When Labour came to power, 14.2 per cent, or 1 in 7, 16-24 year-olds were unemployed. This

rose to 19.8 per cent, or 1 in 5, by the time they left

The number of NEETs went up by a third under Labour. To 874,000 in the second quarter of

2010

Cutting and freezing fuel duty - now 10p lower than it would have been under Labour.

Council tax cut in real terms by almost 10 per cent, by freezing it

The biggest ever cash increase to the Basic State Pension

Mortgage lending statistics show strongest lending for January since 2008.

The British Retail Consortium have reported the strongest growth in retail sales in three years.

Sandwell Tory said 

But Labour are good ! Yes I have to admit Labour are so very good at spending your Tax money

and if they run out of that they borrow some more to spend

Sandwell Council Tax frozen again

The Conservative led Coalition have given Sandwell the money to freeze your council tax for a further year

Labour controlled Sandwell could have said No, but they decided to accept the Governments money

When Labour were in Government your Council Tax doubled

Since the Conservative led Coalition have been in Government your council tax has not moved and thanks to the Conservatives’ third year council tax freeze initiative, when you compare council tax to inflation it means that council tax has fallen in real terms by 9.5 per cent under this Government

Sandwell Tory said

Labour are still wasting money and with a Conservative led council we could LOWER your council tax and still improve services

Labour just like spending money 

Quiz of the week

Q1, Under what government did council Tax go up by 13% in single year ?

Yes under Labour, the council tax paid on an average Band D property increased by 12.9 per cent, the year was 2003-04,

Q2, How much did Council tax go up under Labour ?

Council tax bills doubled under Labour. Band D council tax was £688 in 1997-98 with bills

hitting £1,439 in England in 2010-11, a stinging 109 per cent increase

Q3, How many times did Labour raise the price of Petrol ?

Labour raised the rate of fuel duty 12 times while in office and planned a number more which were later cancelled by us

Q4, How much did your Gas go up under Labour ?

Gas bills more than doubled under Labour. Between 1997 and 2010,

the average domestic gas bill (standard credit) went up by 108 per cent, from £328 to £681

Q5, How much did your electricity go up under Labour ?

Electricity bills went up by more than 50 per cent under Labour. Between 1997 and 2010, the

average domestic electricity bill (standard credit) went up by 53 per cent, from £285 to £435

Sandwell Tory said

What score did you get ?

Labour just isn’t learning a thing about money they love it 

Will Labour apologise for Mid Staffs?

While relatives mourn over lost loved ones, it seems Staffordshire problems are turning into a political battle of words, with Labour having the cheek to say there's 

2 weeks to save the NHS

see this tweet

Link to twitter

Jeremy Hunt the Health Secretary demanded a public apology from Labour for the catalogue of failures which saw 1,200 patients die needlessly.

At Prime Minister's Questions David Cameron said 'others' needed to consider their position,

look at 16 minutes time mark

bbc. Prime Ministers Questions

Read more

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289175/Staffordshire-scandal-happen-Labour-claims-Health-Secretary-major-escalation-row-NHS-care-failings.html

Sandwell Tory said

Was the NHS safe in Labour's hands ? 

That's the question being asked around the UK

Labour press release

I see Liam Byrne has issued a press release on benefit changes sadly this comes just over 2 years since his last major (the moneys all gone ) release

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/17/liam-byrne-note-successor

 after all,  that report said

There's no money left

Thanks to Labour

Every UK citizen now owes £16000 and every man , woman and child in the UK is paying £2000 each year in interest on Labour's debt

Money that could be spent on schools homes and old folk , is paying for Labour's debt 

Watch this 

money-works-owns-britains-debt 

  or 

Watch this on Labour's previous press releases 

 

Sandwell Tory said 

No Boom or Bust,  No Boom or Bust .

The fool was wrong we had BUST, more BUST big style BUST