Adele Tax Battle

[AgnesIO]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...tax-grievances

Tax needn't be taxing, the advert simpers, and while that might be true, coughing up your hard-earned will never be anything less than grievously unpleasant. Yet hearing Adele complain about being taxed on the great tidal wave of cash generated by her multi-million selling albums, it's hard to feel much sympathy.

Speaking to Q magazine, the Rolling in the Deep singer said, "I'm mortified to have to pay 50%! [While] I use the NHS, I can't use public transport any more. Trains are always late, most state schools are ****, and I've gotta give you, like, four million quid – are you having a laugh? When I got my tax bill in from [the album] 19, I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire."

Now, I love Adele. But that doesn't exactly endear you to her, does it? Let's look at it again.

"I'm mortified to have to pay 50%!" The Beatles had to pay 95% - as did all the highest earners under two successive governments (Wilson and Heath) in the mid-60s. George Harrison wrote a song about it, can't remember what it's called, sorry.

"I use the NHS." Keep paying your taxes then or it'll be gone.

"I can't use public transport any more." The rest of us plebs still have to. Adele, however, will never be short of the sponds for a private car to Shoreditch House from now until the end of time.

"Trains are always late." What does that matter when you don't use them? And they're not anyway.

"Most state schools are ****." Actually, according to the most recent Ofsted report for the UK, "Just over two thirds of schools at their most recent inspection were providing a good or better education for their pupils. Pupils' behaviour was good or outstanding in 86% of schools." Of course, if rich people stop paying their taxes then they will become ****.

"When I got my tax bill in, I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire." Now, you have to assume this was a joke rather than the first bitter taste of a full-blown psychotic episode, but it's still upsetting to hear this musician I admire seems as greedy as the most moat-friendly, port-stained Tory grandee.

That's ok Adele, I feel your pain. 50% tax. Still, I am sure you won't be too hurt with the £4m you kept.

[Triz]

This guys comment hit it bang on:

Tell you what, Adele, if you fancy swapping paying 50% on your eight million quid for paying a measly 20% on twenty thousand, just let me know and I'll happily switch places with you.

Few things bother me more than the excessively rich moaning about how much tax they pay.

[GommeInc]

It seems fair, she's not exactly in the poor house with £4m :/ It'll be unfair if she was only earning £50k and had to live with £25k, but with £4m you're pretty safe

Besides, the police, fire services and the NHS need to look after her more than others, being a star and all AND her concerts put people at risk with one another including herself.

[Jssy]

Bit greedy.

[ifuseekamy]

Oh dear, maybe she'll spend some of her millions left on a new PR team.

[Inseriousity.]

The author of that article just sounds bitter tbh. From what I've seen of her, Adele is very down-to-earth. Maybe her opinions aren't backed up by the evidence but most people in general tend to have opinions without any evidence as they go from what they've seen. "Kids these days" refering to the yobs on the street that they see everyday even though there are hundreds of thousands more not doing it, for example.

[dbgtz]

It is ridiculous yet necessary at the same time. I can understand her complaint, as she still earned it all, but it's not a complaint she should make public as it does make her look like a right ass considering a lot of people will be lucky to get that in their life time.

[Jordy]

Meh it's her duty to pay taxes, just because you don't use services doesn't mean you don't have to pay for them. As a British citizen she has to pay taxes and quite frankly I don't think she'd be a successful music artist if she hadn't grown up in Britain with such a booming music industry and so much opportunity. In the music industry if you're not British or American, you're most probably not going anywhere and she'd just be another useless fat ginger, perhaps she should be more grateful of that.

And if she really feels strongly about how her tax is wasted, maybe she should get involved in politics or **** off elsewhere.

[AgnesIO]

It is ridiculous yet necessary at the same time. I can understand her complaint, as she still earned it all, but it's not a complaint she should make public as it does make her look like a right ass considering a lot of people will be lucky to get that in their life time.

Also, she should remember hundreds of thousands of fans shell out hard earned cash to pay for her music - she should be grateful - especially when the British are not exactly in superb financial times atm

[-:Undertaker:-]

I agree with Adele, taxes are too high in this country and the services we get in return are often not wanted or badly run. In which case, I think its time to introduce a 'opt out' out of government services (meaning you are not able to have access to welfare, the NHS, state schools and so on) where you just pay a rate of 10% tax towards the government and nothing more. Ron Paul floated the idea in the United States and its a very good idea I think, although it won't sit well with socialists who will no doubt jump on me for daring to criticise their big, bloated and expensive state.

The Guardian should start paying its taxes before it criticises anyone; http://order-order.com/tag/polly-toynbee/

Also, she should remember hundreds of thousands of fans shell out hard earned cash to pay for her music - she should be grateful - especially when the British are not exactly in superb financial times atm

Rephrase, 'She [Adele] earned her money therefore I demand she hands a large sum of it over to the state which hasn't earned a penny!'

"Most state schools are ****." Actually, according to the most recent Ofsted report for the UK, "Just over two thirds of schools at their most recent inspection were providing a good or better education for their pupils. Pupils' behaviour was good or outstanding in 86% of schools." Of course, if rich people stop paying their taxes then they will become ****.

Lol yeah, so thats why the politicians all send their children to private/grammar schools!!