[jambutty]

You still don’t get it do you West Ender and Stanaccy?

No one not even the government has the right to take money from a citizen’s account without the citizen’s permission and agreement just because the citizen owes a government department money WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. If the government passes legislation to allow this to happen it will be the thin end of the Big Brother wedge. The next step could be withdrawing the money when IT IS DUE followed by Council Tax, Road Fund License, TV License to name just three.

Unless the law has been changed the Councils send in the Bailiffs but only AFTER APPLYING TO A COURT.

I think you will agree that whether they have paid or what there tax bill is does not have to be proven in a court of law

With regards to the fines etc then maybe they should go to court to prove guilt, however as the question will be "Have you paid your tax" and the answer is mainly going to be "no" I think the vast majority will cop to it before the court case.

The onus is on the prosecution to prove their case. A defendant is still assumed to be innocent until proven guilty.

Now where is the problem with people paying their taxes direct.

The problem as, I have explained already, taking the money out of a person’s account without their authority OR A COURT ORDER.