New Tax on pigeon club premises????

[DOVEScot]

it is classed as a sport in portugal in fact it is thier second biggest sport to football

 

That's a case for taking it to Brussels, :D

[EAGLEOWL]

Unfortunately as I can remember Pigeon Racing was never classed as a sport definition was a "HOBBY"

 

if i remember guy barret obe tried for years to have pigeon racing seen has a sport ,and not has a hobby he lost his case.sorry if i got the wrong name .

 

 

[COTTONHEAT]

SOMETHING ABOUT TAXES WITH PIGEON RACING WILL BE ON ITV NEWS IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES

[bewted]

 

if i remember guy barret obe tried for years to have pigeon racing seen has a sport ,and not has a hobby he lost his case.sorry if i got the wrong name .

 

 

your right  i remember it back some time ago !!!

[gangster]

  just seen it??????

[Guest valiant]

thats a joke.

[bewted]

     and ????

[chickadee]

Just seen it too,  DIABOLICAL.

[jim]

 

I THINK ITS ABOUT TIME WE GOT SOME BENIFIT FROM THE BLACKPOOL SHOW PROCEEDS ITS GOOD TO DONTE TO CHARITYS  BUT CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

 

          JIM

[EAGLEOWL]

 

your right  i remember it back some time ago !!!

 

yes it think it was early eighties,and he fought some time over this ,

 

[EAGLEOWL]

well some clubs pay poll tax some water rates i suppose this is next  :'( :'( :'(

[Fair Play]

Just an other TAX for the pigeon fancier I wonder how many taxes we pay now

IT,VAT,PT,CT, ach I give up

[pigeonpete]

SOMETHING ABOUT TAXES WITH PIGEON RACING WILL BE ON ITV NEWS IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES

 

?? missed that whats all this about?

[Guest]

 

?? missed that whats all this about?

 

the goverment are thinking of taxing pigeons club sheds...where u keep ur baskets,as pigeon racing is not a sport(according to them)then u dont get the 80% tax relief plus the other 20% relief from ur local council...a disgraceful act to bring into force.

[homer]

i'd like to know who it is (sitting in in their ivory tower) that decides what is and isnt a sport ??

 

 

 

 

[DOVEScot]

Is there someting else that has a loophole for tax. registered charity - non profit making organisation. Start an arm wrestling club in the sheds and offer the pigeon club free use of it, tell everybody baskets are training aids;) Hold an arm wrestling competition every year to raise funds :D

Start a football team, say they are kit baskets :D

[jakjak]

it seems the government dont want us taking on DEFRA!!!!!!!!!!

[brianm]

did you see what the DID recognise as sports ????   armwrestling, skateboarding and wait for it ,,, BATONTWIRLING  : : :

[Fair Play]

Just another set of suits with time on their hands, suit them better to get stuck into something more important. Pigeon fanciers give aways thousands to charity every year(and save the government) and what do the get,a kick in the Bo--ocks (sorry ladies) If we used all the monies we give out,for our own use there would be a "wailing" and a lot of unhappy people and maybe the collective force could do something for us for a change,not that I begrudge any of the charities that benefit  

[chickadee]

did you see what the DID recognise as sports ????   armwrestling, skateboarding and wait for it ,,, BATONTWIRLING  : : :

 

HA HA HA use the baskets for keeping the batons in, the pigeons can always use them as perches. ;D

[Guest]

I posted elsewhere on a Confederation initiative which means we are now part of a British Union of sporting & recreation bodies. Seems membership couldn't have come at a better time    

 

 

BHW Nov 16th, pp54/55 'Membership of CCPR':

 

"The Central Council for Physical Recreation aims to influence Government and politicians by [a] recommending legislative issues on issues affecting sport & recreation by submitting views on any relevant item of legislation at all stages of progress thro Parliament - from consultation to enactment [c] by providing briefings to MPs and Ministers on a wide variety of sports-related issues."

 

"CCPR has become an effective advocate of Sport in both Houses. It seeks to develop effective relations with both Houses, as well as European Parliament. There is no legal basis for sport in Treaty of Rome and therefore sport has no official standing when it is discussed in European Parliament. CCPR was instrumental in setting up the  European Parliament  Sports Inter Group which provides a forum of MEPs and their assistants to come together and discuss matters of sport & recreation across Europe. The objective is to raise the profile of sport within the European Parliament and ensure it has equal status with culture and the media."

 

 

 

[paul l]

            SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE THAT RACE GREY HOUNDS  AND THATS COUNTED AS A SPORT ISIN IT  BECAUSE ON NEWS TONIGHT ARE SPORT WAS COUNTED AS NOT A SPORT AS WE DONT PHISICALY DO OUT THEY SAY

[Guest]

'Don't physically do anything' - try telling that to the folk that are out on the road at 4.45am training their pigeons, before they themselves start their day's work.   :-/

[Tony C]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7112716.stm

[Guest]

As far as i can see its only the huts/sheds that dont contain birds they are taxing so we just have to keep a pair of birds in the club house and make it a loft job done