Concerning what ManukauMum and kiwi in ameica said, I know of an income tax audit coming up to 10 years old in March and still going. The taxpayer concerned did everything properly, fully co-operated with the investigation and had a chartered accound who had worked for the IRD for many years. The taxpayer is basically just an average person, they weren’t even in business. They’ve been automatically reg’d for GST as well.

Henderson was treated shabbily there is no denying it and I knew people who were advisors to Henderson and so got some of the inside goss on the IRD tactics and he was most undeniably shafted. That said I once had professional dealings with Henderson and he was an arrogant prat – did not like to have his version of events challenged. His political views are far right (having been a member of Zenith Applied Philosphy – ZAP in his younger years) and he refused to brook public criticism of his particular political cronies. He backed former broadcaster George Bellani for Christchurch Mayor but Bellani’s polling plummetted when local media revealed that he was in part ownership with the interests of the notorious brothel owner Terry Brown in a proposed strip club in Chancery Arcade. Henderson had peripheral involvement in this proposal and was by all reports furious at media treatment of Bellani over this issue.

i have heard that you need to be careful of the acct you choose to do your books. If you choose one who is known to the IRD as one who takes everything REALLY close to the line then you are much more likely to be investigated yourself.

2. Not all farmers are well off – particularly drystock in places such as Hawkes Bay.

It would be totally worth it for the social commentary in itself.

But most interesting would be how far the media would pursue the story.

And being none political (which is why we can’t really blame which govt was in power) the EFB could not touch it.

I have some experience of this also – not nearly as bad as Dave Henderson but equally unfair.

http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/parl/parl-20071017-1400-Question_Time_for_17_October-064.mp3

Rodney’s question was question 11 (of 12) so it will be somewhere near the end.

A transcript is available on his blog here:

http://www.act.org.nz/government_policy_and_were_here_to_help

Just an example of what I wrote in my EFB submission: “When the course of justice is perverted once, it means that the course of justice must by its nature, lead to further and further perversion. It is a slippery downhill path that always winds up in complete disorder and political and economic instability”.

The movie title “We’re here to help” has a *very* familiar ring to it. Was that the IRD slogan from 15+ years ago? Can anyone remember exactly? Stumped.

It sounds like one of those ‘warm and fuzzy’ governmental department communications blurbs – often deliberately totally at odds with the subject matter.

Oh hold on.

Is it wrong to think that all whining, hypocritical people wear cardies?

When comments like that were made about the Brethren you were one of the first screaming “It’s Nazi Germany all over again”

It has been instructive watching the New Right (John Key Provisional Wing) lose their bearimgs over this.

Free speech for all (unless they are smelly hippies of course)_

Once you are tarred with a negative (anti the ruling)Govt. brush you case is fixed.

More often than not it is seen in Govt dept’s because a lot of the staff have never ever worked in the real world and therefore they do not have any concept of what public relations are or any concept of respecting other peoples rights.
This phenomenon is particularly apparent in Govt depts and it is given more weight when it falls into unchecked hands.
Power corrupts and absolute power………!

One obvious case that comes to mind is the Hon Taito Philip Field.

I’m sorry his case has all the hallmarks of bureaucratic power corrupting an innocent victim.

The worst possible offence I can see having studied this case a little is that a Minister Of the Crown with the best of intentions tried to help a disadvantaged immigrant who afterwards turned nasty when in actual fact the immigrant was crooked as dogs hind leg anyway.

Taito’s trumped up charges have all the hallmarks of power corrupting and they completely pail against the dear leaders ones Grand Public Theft !!

Taito was OK with the weight of the Politburo behind him ( they needed him) even though they didn’t agree with his deeply held conservative views on issues.

And most of the Nats missed it even though I can understand them using it to score against Labour but the simple fact is that Lockwood missed it and is still missing it.

This was a boil that finally breached the Armor plated sheild of the Dear leaders enclave and therefore had to be publically lanced.

All’s well until he spoke out against the Dear Leader and her team of scoundrels then it was hell to pay.