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Old 21-06-2012, 12:15   #44
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Re: Jimmy Carr tax affairs 'morally wrong' - Cameron

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
It's legal. However it's not an intention of the tax system and is an error that occurs because of an unforeseen circumstance. I think the tax system must be so complicated now that these problems occur.

From HMRC:



and, from ITV, what Jimmy Carr was doing:



This is clearly exploiting the tax system to pay as little tax as possible without going to jail.
So they should reform the tax system and/or close the loopholes. It simply isn't good enough to go 'yes, we accept that this is legal, but can you please not do it because we don't like it'.
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