Isn't it about time that this thread (and the other on the VT) got locked.

Thanks to a statement from the club that leaves us with more questions than answers, open threads on the subject are just providing a source of enjoyment for trolls.

Personally, I think it's a real shame that the first time the new PR guy at the club could have done something to show his worth and IMHO he's failed miserably.

Maybe he should be shown the door (if only to find a little bit more to pay Mr Tax Man with ).

Actually I think the response was his idea! It may not suit everyone, but it did mean that there was little for the press to print and therefore the story blew over very quickly - with the exception of a few on here.

It's business as normal down at the Hearwell!

been told at dinner time today by a wakey fan that the taxman has been paid off tell me if you have heard anything or is it just him talking tripe

always look forward to the derby games the super league wudnt be good without the derbys between leeds and wakey

I doubt he's been paid off fully. I think we've just come to an arrangement to pay it in installments??

just wondering mate thats all as i thought on here i wud probably find out that listening to hear say at work

it would only be hear say on here too, like its been mentioned earlier it will be all sorted on a time scale
unless its something is made public I don't see anything to worry us at the moment

All the Catalans stuff is now in the thread of its own, for those who want to add to it. forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php? ... 0#14722460 Wakey and the taxman stuff in here, please.

All the Catalans stuff is now in the thread of its own, for those who want to add to it. forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php? ... 0#14722460 Wakey and the taxman stuff in here, please.

I'm the last person who needs to be told about how quickly business can seem rosy one minute & be seeing it go down the drain the next. My work has seen me very closely involved with a number of seemingly successful businesses hitting the buffers over the last couple of years. Some could be linked directly to the credit crunch and others to management that was either incompetent or corrupt.

I'm not making any criticism over the way in which the club have found themselves with this tax bill. I'm sure that this whole mess will be either linked to taxes they were advised would not be payable or simply taking advantage of PAYE/VAT deferral that HMRC were encouraged to offer to help companies cope with the impact of the credit crunch. It would also be interesting to know how early the bank manager got told about this - I wouldn't expect he'd be too pleased if he found out through the various media reports!

I have no doubt that we'll come through this without any problem, but I feel that the new PR guy (and I don't doubt his credentials) could and should have done a lot better with this. The club statement came out before any press reports were being widely circulated so having just a little bit more explanation could have allayed a lot of people's concerns.

I don't want to see us going the same way as Cas have done in recent months spouting PR tripe for the sake of keeping certain issues in the public eye to give the impression of progress (before any Cas fans moan about this, my work has allowed me to be close enough to the truth about some comments from the club to know that they were doing almost as good a job as Campbell & Mandelson did in the late 90's with "New Labour"icon_wink.gif but Wakefield simply cannot tell half the story with major issues that affect the club in the future.

I'm glad that as a shareholder I'll have the opportunity to ask for more answers from the Board. Hopefully the answer won't be as woolly as the official statement.

Any news on the tax issue?