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Judith Freedman
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Tax academic, writer and editor, grandmother of 5.

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Judith Freedman, Lady Freedman, is a British solicitor and academic.

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 2d
Very sad to see this. I knew Deborah as a colleague at Worcester College, where she was as sensible, no-nonsense and wise as in other roles described here. My sympathy to all her family and friends. Deborah Cameron obituary: linguist, feminist and firebrand

www.thetimes.com/article/a042...
Deborah Cameron obituary: linguist, feminist and firebrand
Linguist, feminist, firebrand and scholar known for her pithy and forensic dismantling of societal myths dies aged 67
www.thetimes.com

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 7d
Quite right Ben or, as I might say, some of you are missing the point here …

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 7d
We first heard this at a Worcester Collrge dinner. So relevant, so wonderfully performed.

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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 7d
Once had privilege of listening to Ian McKellen perform at Oxford. Seemed timely then - even more so now.
lalahaenzy.com Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 7d
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
Yet you have said in this thread reducing ability to employ people is a good thing and that you can reduce your CT to near zero. So what exactly is your business?

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
Good then finally we are agreed. CT will affect what you can take out of your business ( unless you pay none because you are making no
profit).

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
Rest assured I understand that. What kind of business do you have that doesn’t care about employment costs and pays zero corporation tax?

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
If you believe a business has an existence separate from the people who make it up you are firmly in the realms of philosophy - in terms of bearing tax it is ultimately always people who bear the incidence. If your costings ignore tax you are going to have problems!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
Quite- I am not sure how anyone who doesn’t understand that can run a successful business.

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
Indeed- funny how ‘business people’ want to ignore the evidence.

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
I hope they are good ones! There is some seriously bad advice out there.

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
taxfoundation.org/blog/who-bea...
Who Bears the Burden of Corporation Taxation? A Review of Recent Evidence
The Biden administration has pledged to not raise taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000 a year. However, the administration’s corporate tax proposals would likely violate that pledge, given that ...
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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
I am a tax lawyer!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
I hope HMRC are not watching this thread! I promise you I do know how this works!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
if you are an unincorporated business you pay income tax on profits. A corporation pays corporation tax but ultimately it is borne by real people. An employee covered by PAYE has tax deducted at source by the company but you wouldn’t say they don’t pay tax, would you?

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
You also ‘paid’ your employees’ tax via PAYE but that is purely a collection mechanism - you wouldn’t say they paid no tax, would you? A company is a legal fiction. Only real people are affected by taxation (incidence).

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
And suppliers- sorry!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 11d
Of course they do! Who else could? Companies are made up of shareholders, bond holders, managers, employees and customers. Corporation tax is shared between them.

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 14d
Thank you- but no thanks!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 22d
Do you know why the new trains to Waterloo have such big gaps between the train and the platform? Why didn’t they think about old, very young and disabled people when designing the new trains?

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 25d
Yes but that is relevant for inheritance tax!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 26d
www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/h...
It was a detailed story line- which makes me even more surprised by the current vague treatment.
The Brookfield inheritance
The arguments - and final solution - over what happened when Phil and Jill retired.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 26d
9 months later. First serious discussion of inheritance tax by farm owners on #TheArchers. But I thought Brookfield had a family company. Don’t Kenton, Shula and Elizabeth have some kind of interest? Why don’t the scriptwriters get some advice on this? And they need to consider succession anyway.
judithfreedman.bsky.social Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Apr 11
Finally! They have a debate on farmers and IHT on #The Archers. Go Jolene! (But not entirely accurate I’m afraid).

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Jan 13
Apparently there is a curvy Barbie but she is a size 8! www.bbc.com/news/magazin...

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Jan 13
I have to say this is exactly what I thought when I saw that there was a new autistic Barbie. It is great to have diverse Barbies but if they are aiming to reflect the true population a plump one and a flat breasted one are needed too. Do they have those?

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 31
Tried to watch Love Actually with family over Christmas and had to turn it off. Unwatchable on so many levels. Legally Blonde, however, really stands the test of time- excellent!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 31
Very happy to be a beneficiary of both developments. Watching your children grow up is amazing and now grandchildren too is wonderful. And the food was good as well- a very good choice of hobby. Long may it last!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 25
He has a dish washer- me!

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 23
Never happened to me.