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Originally Posted by Chimaera
But that's the point Kits, as andyl points out in his quote, Governments appear unwilling or unable to make them do so! I'm sute the Taxman could get his hands on the money if he wanted to - but that would make these rich influential people stop making donations to certain political parties' coffers! So nothing will be done, as usual!  |
Two points here:
1. A good deal of politicians have offshore assests.
2. If you stop people having offshore assets then lots of UK bases business leaders will move themselves offshore instead, meaning a bigger loss to the UK revenue.