Stimpy

Are any of you confident that we will come out of this relatively unscathed? I am going for a £10 million max fine. Which is a lot money but not crippling.

They really are thick to think we'd be stripped of all titles whilst using EBTs.

Surely the judge can take into account all the leaks from HMRC? Especially as all the leaks end up in the hands of tim bloggers.

A tax tribunal which could decide the immediate future of Rangers Football Club has resumed. STV can reveal the hearing, known as a First Tier Tribunal, reconvened on Monday between the club and HM Revenue and Customs. Rangers are challenging a bill for £35m in back taxes, as well as £14m in penalties, over their use of an Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) to pay players between 2001 and 2010. Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service has confirmed that the hearing has resumed. It is understood that five days, four this week and one next week, have been allocated for the latest hearing. Rangers have declined to comment on the hearing. Their owner, Craig Whyte, has previously conceded that administration could be an option for the club if they were unsuccessful. John Cairns, convenor of the taxation committee for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, agreed that was a possibility. He said: â??If the club loses, probably the most likely scenario is going into administration to get rid of this enormous debt. â??By the sound of it thereâ??s a chance of HMRC pursuing this quite vigorously because we have a high profile tax payer here. â??Itâ??s the same way as they pursued Lester Piggott and Ken Dodd a few years ago, to make an example.â? HMRC also declined to comment on the proceedings specifically but warned keeping businesses afloat which do not pay taxes was not their concern. A spokeswoman told STV: "We are unable to discuss individual cases due to taxpayer confidentiality. "HMRC has an outstanding track record in supporting those who are experiencing genuine difficulty paying their tax debts, and does not initiate legal proceedings against any business lightly. "HMRC only initiates administration, winding up or bankruptcy action where it believes this is the best course of action to protect the interests of the Exchequer. "There is little HMRC can do for a business whose viability is dependent on not paying the UK taxes to which they are liable.

Good show today regarding the debate with Speirs. Civil, honest and made the discredited one look like the wank he is.

'Philipian' calendar Hilarious. Good read.

Tim speaking sense.

Donated £10 this morning mate. Excellent stuff and if Frankie and his team don't mind the following: You're more than welcome to join The Gers Forum and promote it on there.

Happy days. His stuff is good and bad but it is always nice to see a blog in our favour. He must be busrting at the seems to write with all that is going on.

Love his all time best 11.

Tease! I have work to be getting on with and this a distraction. Welcome distraction though.

Gattuso.

Mols or De Boer. I'm going with it being one of them.

If true then it is more evidence of journalists manipulating events for their own end.

Don't know the ins and outs of it, but has it anything to do with the media?

Thought it was interesting that ESPN stated that Hearts are not communicating with any media outlet.

Smashing read and good to see someone tackling the issue.

About time. For the first time this week I managed a smile with regards to Rangers present situation.

Farce of an organisation. How they expect to be taken seriously when they're recruiting yahoos is beyond me.

The feedback I got was that Kelly was against the bill and so is his peers out with the SNP. Anything else discussed was pretty much what we already know - it isn't needed. Obviously the fair playing field was discussed but I haven't touched on it as I've been busy.

The forgotten man. I honestly thought he had packed his bags and left on the QT while all The Bain stuff was in the news. Never a dull moment following Rangers.

Friend of mines hangs about with the current mob now and again. Good lad, just likes a wee rumble every so often.

Scottish journalism = The lowest of the low in their trade. Pathetic 'cunts'. It's sites like this one that keeps bears sane. At least bears can discuss topics in an honest fashion and separate truth from fiction.

Truly amazing player. The reception will be deafening. I won't be there to see it:(....I promised my ST to someone else before this was announced.

Not sure of the date but they are looking to become the preferred creditors in these type of instances.