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Post by Me on Mar 28, 2009 10:37:27 GMT
Just completed an hour interview with Gary Mannion,will post the link here tomorrow! you had an interview with him ? how did you manage to get him to talk to you. I posted honestly what I felt about the documentary on his facebook and just messaged him. ;D
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Post by The Legendary Barb on Mar 28, 2009 10:42:46 GMT
Kendra, that is brilliant ,can not wait to read your article.
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Post by Guthix on Mar 28, 2009 11:31:59 GMT
you had an interview with him ? how did you manage to get him to talk to you. I posted honestly what I felt about the documentary on his facebook and just messaged him. ;D lol great
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Post by Me on Mar 28, 2009 13:44:56 GMT
Ok,just finished adding background images etc, will be uploading in a few mins. Bare in mind guys I didnt go for his throat or else the interview would have lasted all of 2 seconds and it would not have been exactly professional of me, but I did put quite a few other possibilities into the mix and so on.
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Mar 28, 2009 18:23:47 GMT
Watch on youtube for when the BBCi link runs out or for people outside the UK
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Mar 29, 2009 12:01:59 GMT
Just a reminder that this is repeated on BBC3 tonight at 8pm for anyone still yet to see it
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Post by spanner on Mar 29, 2009 21:22:05 GMT
it was business as usual for him this weekend at a mind, body and spirit event in Essex. "minimum donation £35" .....sign on the wall in his cubicle.. not bad pay for 15-20 minutes work if you can get it.
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Post by tomroberts on Mar 29, 2009 21:33:48 GMT
it was business as usual for him this weekend at a mind, body and spirit event in Essex. "minimum donation £35" .....sign on the wall in his cubicle.. not bad pay for 15-20 minutes work if you can get it. Any idea how busy he was? So, about £100 an hour or so. Does anyone know if donations are taxable? I would have thought, like tips, they are gratuities, and not taxable, but I don't really know. Still, it's nice to know he is only doing it to help people.
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Post by farsideofthemoon on Mar 29, 2009 22:09:03 GMT
Income is taxable - if it's declared. There's no such thing as a donation unless you are a charity. That's my understanding anyway.
This man is all about the money.
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Post by The Legendary Barb on Mar 30, 2009 9:47:50 GMT
If it is a service he is providing would the people he claims to heal have V A T added to their donations,purely for tax purposes you understand.
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Post by julia on Mar 30, 2009 10:50:19 GMT
Income is taxable - if it's declared. There's no such thing as a donation unless you are a charity. That's my understanding anyway. This man is all about the money. Farside, this might be worth looking into. Are there any tax/charity experts out there?
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Post by asdfg on Mar 30, 2009 14:07:52 GMT
Psychics like to think that saying things like "I charge for my time, not my reading/healing" and "I don't charge for my services, I only take donations" absolves them from responsibility because they're exploiting a legal loophole or something. But they're wrong! It doesn't matter whether they invoice customers or receive "donations", it's still income. They still have a legal contract with their customers and the income is taxable just like any other. If Gary is self-employed he should be sending in a tax return every year and paying tax like everyone else. If he's turning over £2,000 a week as claimed in that documentary, he should also be registered for VAT. If he's not then the VAT (customs and excise) would be interested and would undoubtedly apply a retrospective VAT assessment on him and demand the money he owes. Of course, I'm sure everything Gary Mannion does financially is above board.
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Mar 30, 2009 16:11:47 GMT
Ok John, so what can we do now. Can we not find out his income through the companies house website? And then see his VAT number.
All it would take is for one person to see him, pay him, and not get a receipt or see that the money does not go through the books and he is in deep s*it.
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Post by tomroberts on Mar 30, 2009 16:14:38 GMT
Psychics like to think that saying things like "I charge for my time, not my reading/healing" and "I don't charge for my services, I only take donations" absolves them from responsibility because they're exploiting a legal loophole or something. But they're wrong! It doesn't matter whether they invoice customers or receive "donations", it's still income. They still have a legal contract with their customers and the income is taxable just like any other. If Gary is self-employed he should be sending in a tax return every year and paying tax like everyone else. If he's turning over £2,000 a week as claimed in that documentary, he should also be registered for VAT. If he's not then the VAT (customs and excise) would be interested and would undoubtedly apply a retrospective VAT assessment on him and demand the money he owes. Of course, I'm sure everything Gary Mannion does financially is above board. It was actually the film maker who said in a good week Mannion could get "up to" £2000, although I presume that figure actually came from Mannion.
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Post by farsideofthemoon on Mar 30, 2009 17:09:58 GMT
We'd need to wait till accounts are filed which might be a while. Last time I looked there were none on there.
The word donation is meaningless, it's just to appeal to the gullible. Makes them feel a little better about giving someone 35 quid.
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Post by asdfg on Mar 30, 2009 20:00:53 GMT
If he's operating as a limited company then he'll have to publish yearly accounts.
As for things like VAT, well he should be registered. If he is, his VAT number should be printed on his receipts - if not, Customs and Excise would be interested to know.
Whenever I have had angry people contact me about feeling like they've been ripped off by a psychic and ask what they can do about it, all I can say is not a lot but if they are charging money for readings then make sure that you inform the likes of the DSS, Customs and Excise, the Inland Revenue, etc., as this is one way that you can get something done about these charlatans who are charging for these bogus services.
I don't know about Mannion but I suspect to most of these people, their 'donations' are treated as 'cash in hand' payments and aren't declared.
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Post by farsideofthemoon on Mar 31, 2009 6:35:56 GMT
Mannion has claimed before that everyone that visits him gets a receipt. I doubt there is a VAT number on there. The fact he can employ a manager would imply to me that he is not fully paying tax. Even if he was earning 70k say, after tax thats not a huge amount to have to pay a manager as well. But 70k without paying any tax would be equivalent to about 110k with tax. So you can see how the figures may then start to add up.
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Post by ktonge77 on Mar 31, 2009 6:57:32 GMT
How did he ever manage to get that hot girlfriend, although she is an ex, plant! When the interview with his mum happened, she couldn't even look in his face,she was so embarrassed, It was cringworthy. That stupid post voice, that was conviniently easy to come out of, of Abraham....mmmmm..... And the people he was 'helping', they were so desperate, the lady with the back problem felt no relief but felt so desperate that so was going to try again, mad
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Post by Guthix on Mar 31, 2009 7:37:30 GMT
Further investigation into his earnings is needed i think into his earnings and weather he does pay any tax. if he dont then he will be in very big trouble with the tax man ;D
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Post by asdfg on Mar 31, 2009 13:24:19 GMT
Income tax (or corporation tax if you're a limited company) is paid on profit so it is possible to have a high turnover yet pay very little tax. That is the case if you don't make much profit.
VAT, however, is based on turnover. If your business turns over more than £68,000 a year (it's around that figure anyway) then registering for VAT is mandatory.
Again, high turnover with high expenses will mean you don't pay a lot of VAT but even so, you must be registered (and print your VAT number on receipts) if your turnover is over the threshold.
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