On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:01:21 +0100, Mr G wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:51:08 -0700 (PDT), Bruce
wrote:

Quote:

Under the arrangement, officers can get to work free on all trains from within 70 miles of London if they police the carriages.

At least we can be sure that all the police granted this free travel
privilege will have declared it ti HM Revenue and Customs and will be
paying income tax and national insurance on the vakue of the benefit
in kind.

It's not a benefit in kind to the officers, quite the opposite. They
are contributing towards their travel by providing a service during
the journey.


I ran that past my cousin, who is an HM Inspector of Taxes, just to
get a reaction. He told me he hadn't laughed so much in years. ;-)

So thank you from me, and from him, for making us laugh. You are of
course as wrong as can be.