jason,
please read above.
whippersnapper wrote:
Unless you have done your ATPL or type rating within the last tax year, and are claiming back their costs as expenses, then you are evading taxes.
i interjected:
tax evasion is the general term for efforts to not pay taxes by illegal means.
and also:
It is perfectly legal and acceptable to mitigate taxation liability implimenting the rules and regulations set forth by the taxation jurisdiction applicable.
Avoiding / Not paying tax on amounts due is illegal, reducing taxation liability in accordance with the applicable laws set forth is not.
and added:
[The] claim that the previous poster is evading tax by his contributions is a false accuastion of criminal activity without factual evidence support your allegation and as such, considered libel.
so where exactly did you get:
Your getting your terminology mixed up. ŽEvasionŽis the the illegal one, and ŽAvoidanceŽis the legal one.
So hold fire on the ŽlibelŽclaims cowboy
i reiterate:
libel (Written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, or nation a negative image.
whippersnappers assertion that 'jimsmitty' is evading taxes could well be considered libel.
unless whippersnapper has in his posession jimsmitty's tax declarations and factual details of his income, then the assertion of criminal activity is unsupported, unfounded and incorrect.
It is making a claim, expressly stated, implied to be factual that gives an individual a negative image.
As such the claim IS libel.
I suggest you read the posts before also making an incorrect citation.
NB: This board is for professional pilots, hence the name Professional Pilots Rumour Network. Many websites have been forced to shut down over libel issues and the incurred legal liabilities.
1. It would therefore be prudent NOT to subject Pprune to such liabilities. It protects the poster as well as the forum as a medium.
2. It is highly unprofessional for a commercial pilot to make unfounded and false allegations against other commercial pilots of criminal activity. Much less against any other professional.
3. if a person has certain dislike toward toward a specific carrier then present a
cogent and relevent argument to support that position
DO NOT make spurious, unfounded allegations of criminality toward other pilots that are employed by that carrier.
4. Points 1,2 and 3 above
reflect on all of us as professionals, such behaviour detracts from this and serves to damage the industry and standing as professionals.