Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Time For A Tsunami Party?
We had the Boston Tea Party, but now it sounds like Britain needs its own internal version.
BRITAIN'S largest charities have been unable to collect millions of pounds pledged for the victims of the Asian tsunami, The Times has learnt.I guess when you have 1000 years or so of regulation to sort through a few things are bound to slip your notice and create a bollox. What is truly amazing to me is how the situation seems to be able to be handled with a few phone calls. I guess sometimes it really is still good to be the King.
The charities involved have failed to secure more than £9 million tax relief on money pledged in telephone donations because, under Revenue & Customs rules, it cannot be claimed over the phone.
