the boy John
Forgive me for thinking that when you started this topic you were under the impression that Balpa were about to issue advise that the tax was not due, and that they would therefore be saving us all large sums of money, otherwise what was there to get excited about and what was the purpose of your post?
Until very recently all of us were in the mindset of having to pay the tax, so any sensible person would treat any contrary advise with a deal of caution and scepticism, and would have already set aside the cash to pay the bill.
My tax affairs are no business of yours, Balpa or indeed easyJet, it's between my accountant (who I pay anyway!) the Inland Revenue and myself, period. Balpa themselves are not accountants and can only offer general advise, so it would be unwise to treat what they say as gospel; if that's what you want to do then fine, but remember that if you do file your own return, you'd better be sure you are doing it correctly, otherwise you are committing fraud.
Balpa's "advise" to pay up or get a fine is not actually saving me money is it? Perhaps they could issue a memo telling me to pay my TV Licence or get a fine, therefore saving me even more money!
Far from "going it alone", I'm simply dealing with my own business, thereby allowing Balpa to concentrate on more pressing matters viz. the 2004 T's & C's talks. Most employees of easyJet did not get share money, and they would be justifiably pretty hacked off if they thought Balpa were devoting scarce resources to a minority cause.
You know who I am so perhaps you'd be better continuing your rant as a Private Message, or by all means give me a call - my advise is free!