Cost to acquire Ibrox likely to be high

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Directors and shareholders in limited companies cannot be pursued by creditors under normal circumstances but special provisions exist for ordinary creditors and the tax authorities to pursue officers in a company if their behaviour transgresses acceptable standards.

The Social Security Administration Act 1992 allows HMRC to issue Personal Liability Notices to officers in a company for the recovery of company tax if they are guilty of fraud or “more serious levels of neglect”.

HMRC say:

Generally HMRC may consider a case to involve more serious neglect where it can be established that against a background of persistent failure to pay the contributions due the company was making significant and/or regular payments:

to other creditors

or

to connected persons or companies

or

in the form of director’s salaries

A case may also be judged to involve more serious neglect where ‘culpable officers’ have been associated with previous liquidated companies or other companies that have demonstrated a failure to comply with the statutory requirements of the Income Tax PAYE and NIC legislations.

While I am sure Craig Whyte has acted with the utmost probity Duff and Phelps early comments that Rangers used tax as cash to operate the company with will concern many.

Rangers accumulated £15m in tax debt during Whyte’s tenure.  In addition to his outstanding guarantees to Ticketus the Rangers owner will be alert that the administrators report could cast his actions in a poor light with respect to some of the above scenarios.

The £15m HMRC are demanding for this season is not cash Whyte received, Rangers used that money to fund a domestic and European football campaign.  Rangers owe that money and Craig Whyte is unlikely to forgo his security (Ibrox stadium) without his potential tax and Ticketus positions being covered.

Any attempts to resolve the matters surrounding Rangers which does not provide funds for this obstacle is doomed to failure.

Only a few hours left to bid on the charity auction for the Neil Lennon painting.

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  1. West Wales Celt on

    I’m hearing life with no expectation of parole and some wry grimaces and ‘he brought it himself’…

  2. @CelticHub: Just Heard Mulgrews interview.He did not say it wasnt personal he said Neils tweets are his own business. CHURNALISM

  3. Ok y’all,

     

     

    Took a quick break from my job hunting to go for a stroll, mainly because I came very close to actually getting one. Well when I say ‘came close’, what I actually mean is that I nearly turned over from ‘letters to the editor’ to ‘situations vacant’. Fortunately the ever lurking narcolepsy cut in and when I came to the urge to continue with my quest for gainful employment.

     

     

    So in a burst of energy, I hit the mean streets again and confronted the unsuspecting wandering masses of Glasgow with my single lens reflex pin hole. Today’s area has a unforgettable Celtic connection.

     

     

    But before I put up the pics of my meander around some of the contrasting sights and scenes of this quarter where no quarter is asked and no quarter is given, here is a ‘tester’.

     

     

    Where am I/what is the building (A few years back it was never out of the news)? –

     

     

    A Phoenix risen from a long struggle

     

     

    hail hail

     

     

    Estadio

  4. re. Rangers players walking away from a Newco, my understanding was that those who signed bumper contracts in 2011/12 did so with Rangers FC Group, Craig Whyte’s company. If that’s the case, will they be legally entitled to rip up their contracts?

  5. Starry

     

     

    Not sure that’s what I was trying to remember mate.

     

     

    Seems odd to me.

  6. RogueLeader on 19 April, 2012 at 17:41 said:

     

    Unconfirmed reports that makeshift gallows are being hastily constructed in the Hampden car park

     

     

    ………………………..

     

    Personally I think resignation is enough for Campbell Ogilvie. Gallows are a bit harsh.

  7. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    It must be past the stage of formality by now, thought the office shut at 17:30 pm ???

  8. See when they do go belly up can someone get a photo of me on top of the big house. I will be the one swinging the big sledge hammer in a Berlin wall Styley, dripping ma ice cream doon the club deck.

  9. merseycelt lmfao as the big house door slams shut on

    Kojo

     

     

    Kojak here.

     

     

    The Singing Detective told me that Kojo only represents himself.

     

     

    He knows this because, like myself, he has nothing in common with you whatsoever except for our common love of each other.

     

     

    Having said that, it might have been me who told the Singing Detective but, whatever, as with Kojo, the Singing Detective and me have nothing in common with each other except for…

     

    ——-

     

    You’re nuts pal, or I am!

     

     

    Either way, it’s all a bit scary!

     

     

    I’m away back to my hole to hide from all the loons!

  10. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Neil will still be trying to negotiate his way through the bags of shredded paper,en route to Hampden’s 6th floor.

  11. hamiltontim on 19 April, 2012 at 17:44 said:

     

    ‘Estadio

     

     

    People’s Palace.’

     

     

    The People’s Palace is earlier.

     

     

    Estadio

     

     

    If you are flagging in your search of the gainful, you might find solace, even inspiration, in this

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJDlnA2zuY

  12. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    So whose watching what twitter

     

    Me,

     

    i’m on Neil and Alex T

  13. Merseysidecelt

     

     

    Pal..

     

     

    Don’t hide in a Hole ,that is no Healthy,pal

     

     

    Sure, Ah understaun that YOU Dinna Understaun..

     

     

    But,that’s Okay.

     

     

    So.. ye happen tae be oota the Loop.

     

    So wiz George Bush!

     

     

    Nothing, tae Get depressed aboot.

     

     

    Buck up. things wull improve fur ye, Ah am sure o’ that.

     

     

    Kojo

     

     

    Stilll , Laughin’.

  14. Socks round the ankles and no shinnies on

    Regarding Neil’s sending off at Ibrox, the incident where Brines chased him back into the dugout happened when Sammy was fouled for the second time in a minute, each time looking up to see Murray wave play on. From what I seen, Neil did not react to Cha’s red card.

     

     

    To me, it was perfectly understandable to see him react to this. When your side is down to 10 men, one of the best ways to get up the park is with set pieces – Murray, already having sent a player off for tickling, made sure Celtic could not so this. If it’s true that Neil told him to get a grip at half time, I would think he went very easy on the cheat

  15. Rogue Leader @ 16:37,

     

     

    If they were ever going to pull this off, Craig Whyte and Ticketus were key to any sucsessful Pheonix, even then it would be tricky, using all the establishment/MSM goodwill to have the rules bent and convince the R@ngers support, newco was the only way forward, keeping the EBTs and all the other dirty washing under wraps.

     

     

    Self interest, belligerence and hubris was never going to fix it, when the dust settles and the story of the Blue Knights’ is told Paul Murray will be up there with SDM and CW IMO.

  16. S TEEHEE NEWS

     

     

    jOHN MCKAY says Celtic boss LENNON,

     

    what happened to Neil?

     

    Fekin hun.

  17. Following demands from a baying crowd outside Hampden, it appears Barrabas has indeed been freed in exchange for Neil Lennon.

  18. RalphWaldoEllison-is Neil Lennon Season 2011-12 on

    TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on 19 April, 2012 at 17:48 said:

     

    No news is good news.

     

    …..

     

     

    Not in this case, I fear.

  19. merseycelt lmfao as the big house door slams shut on

    Kojo

     

     

    When you said ‘out of the loop’, did you mean ‘out with the loons’?

     

     

    I need to desist now, otherwise, I’ll be ‘in with the loons’!

     

     

    bye! bye! grade1!

  20. good evening cqn

     

    I see super swally cant plan for next year for players etc,Im available play fives once a week,(never lose it) C V 63, Slight loss of pace,sometimes a bit late in the tackle,bless myself before everygame,forgot that rules me out.

  21. RanchoFranco ‏ @facekmt Reply Retweet Favorite · Open

     

    First Caller up on Snyde…Another bogus Tim, slagging off Lenny. #Transparent

     

     

    These zoomers must think we’re daft..

     

     

    Excuse for radio excuse for journalists..

  22. Listen to these Huns on Clyde ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

     

     

    The Rangers manager must be something special.

  23. And so starts the roll of so called fans queuing up to stick the boot into Lenny again!

     

     

    TheFollowfollowCSC

  24. hamiltontim on 19 April, 2012 at 17:41 said:

     

     

    I seem to remember the written report being mentioned and the fact that Murray hadn’t included the manhandled by Bigerse…

  25. Reply from Clyde:

     

     

    Many thanks for taking the time to contact the station and share your views regarding Super Scoreboard. The feedback and views of our listeners are of the upmost importance.

     

     

    However on this occasion I am afraid I have to disagree with you.

     

     

    For the past two evenings the vast majority of callers HAVE wanted to criticise Neil Lennon. When we get a caller with a different view he/she is given the chance to have their say.

     

     

    There is no agenda against any team in Scotland.

     

     

    Why don’t you come on the show this evening to make your point of view? I assume you would like to defend Neil Lennon?

     

     

    We want all different points of view on the show to make it more interesting for our listeners.

     

     

    Thank you for your continued interest and I look forward to hearing from you.

     

     

    Kind regards

     

     

     

    Lorraine Herbison

     

    Head of News and Sport

     

    Radio Clyde

  26. Stairheedrammy on

    All this infighting at Ibroke reminds me of a wildlife programme where the Hyenas are scrapping over the best bits of a carcass

     

     

    Thomsonsgazelle CSC

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