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wadey · 05-06-2009, 14:11

Who remembers the Birt scandal?
"JOHN BIRT, the new Director-General of the BBC, has avoided tax by being paid as a freelance consultant - despite being a full-time employee of the Corporation. Instead of paying tax on his BBC salary, he has been taxed on whatever he chooses to pay himself from his private company.

According to the BBC, details of Mr Birt's pay as Director-General have still to be finalised. He took over his new job at Christmas instead of next month, as planned. But for six years as Deputy Director-General he was paid through his private company."

We needn't have adverts it should be able to fund itself by selling programmes abroad and on DVD etc and why do they keep letting them open more and more channels?

05-06-2009, 14:11	#22
wadey Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,877 Liked: 26 times Rep Power: 3765	Re: BBC Secrecy Who remembers the Birt scandal? "JOHN BIRT, the new Director-General of the BBC, has avoided tax by being paid as a freelance consultant - despite being a full-time employee of the Corporation. Instead of paying tax on his BBC salary, he has been taxed on whatever he chooses to pay himself from his private company. According to the BBC, details of Mr Birt's pay as Director-General have still to be finalised. He took over his new job at Christmas instead of next month, as planned. But for six years as Deputy Director-General he was paid through his private company." We needn't have adverts it should be able to fund itself by selling programmes abroad and on DVD etc and why do they keep letting them open more and more channels?