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Originally Posted by andyl
Yeah, I reckon the Duke of Westminster could scrape by without!!
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Legal but not moral (and sometimes very borderline legal - and if they get caught a cosy settlement with the Revenue rather than up before the local JPs)
I don't think we do pay a ridiculously high amount of tax; many people pay a disproportionate amount of tax because the wealthy (the greedy) dodge whilst us mortals can't.
Everyone tries to get out of paying tax? Read the quote from the Bishop in that article. The culture of tax avoidance is part of the problem (cf to moral panics about benefit fraud). Incidentally I'm self employed and don't try to avoid tax, so don't include me in the everyone  I appreciate public services and as a one man drain on the NHS am happy to pay my whack.
A high sales tax instead of Income Tax? Nooooooooo! Indirect taxation always hits the poorest hardest. Income Tax is, well, related to income which makes it fairer (except when income disappears off to the Caymans). |
We dont pay a rediculously high amount of tax....Yeah right.
The only people who dont pay high tax in this country are the ones who have their taxes returned, companies are paying low wages knowing the government will make the employees wages up to a better level with "Stealth Tax refunds" ie: Tax Credits/family credit.
Tax credits should never be allowed, companies should pay wages at a suitable level and families should act resposibly. ie: not have loads of kids if they cant financially afford them. We can never expect to see then end to family credit whilst many civil servants are receiving help if this area, even employees in benefit offices are getting tax/family credit.
A few years ago I was paying 1300 a month in tax and NI, I know contractors who were paying around two grand a month. The whole tax system in this country penalises the person who makes something of himself and gets a decent job, and puts it back in the pocket of the ones who end up in lower paid jobs. The whole employment situatiuon in this country with regards to wages and tax is a farce, jobs are being advertised at a very low rate where single people couldn't afford to take them. The companies know that people with families can affoprd to take them as the government will make the wages up.
Yes, stop offshore tax havens for companies, the companies will dissapear along with many low paid jobs. Do we want it to go back to the Labour government of the 70's where some managing directors were paying 98 pence in the pound tax?