Presenters ‘being paid off the books’ (From Bournemouth Echo)

I have written to the BBC, on more occasions than I can remember, to complain about their 'whoopee' attitude with the way they just give away absolute £millons of our License Fee cash to their Presenters and other 'celebs'

Some of the programmes they show could be run and fronted by someone just off a Medai Studies course yet these numptie managers in the self-appreciation society tell me they have to 'pay the market rate' to attract the right people.

If this is the fortune it costs and these are the 'right people' heaven help the rest.

When we compare what happens here with the salary for a nurse who saves your life, a teacher who sets your kids up for their whole future or a policeman who tackles hooligans and thugs daily it becomes clear our society needs to get some of it's priorities in order.

We need a major purge and initiative to bring into perspective the obscene amounts of cash that go to bankers, footballers, tv 'celebs' and politicians who do little for anyone. There are countless other who I could add to this list.

Come on UK....wake up and demand change to this upside down way of paying people NOW!

Good comments Mike.

Actually if these people are self employed contractors to the BBC then they are not being paid "off the books" but are paid as any supplier is who sells a service.
The BBC pay usually to an agency the agreed sum for the use of those services on offer and the agency takes their cut. The balance is then paid to the contractor who is totally responsible for any taxes, NI, pensions, VAT etc through thier company.
However in this case the BBC either pays the "going rate" or not. It is up to the agency and the BBC to come to an agreed amount and either side is free not to complete the contract in the case that neither side can agree on a rate for the job.
Most contractors have their own company and lawyers, accountants etc up the yingyang whose task it is to legally minimise the tax liabilities.
It is the task of HMRC to collect those taxes within the law and the government to make the laws.
If I as a contractor were to quote you a figure as a childs entertainer, you have the choice of accepting my quote or not,or looking around for a better quaility or cheaper supplier.
It is your personal choice which you are paying for.
If I quote you an extortionate fee and you pay it with somebody elses money it is good for both of us, but if it is your personal money that wouldn't happen.
However in the case of the BBC the only money it has is given to it by the goverment through the licence fee.
The BBC should therefore be made accountable and not the contractor.
He will be accountable elsewhere.