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**Chris** · 09-07-2019, 11:16

Tax avoidance is not fraud. Everyone does it, and they do it legally. If you buy a new car based on its road tax band, that’s tax avoidance. If as a commercial energy user you choose your supplier so as not to pay the fossil fuel levy, that’s tax avoidance. If you choose to put your savings in an ISA, that’s tax avoidance. For as long as the tax system is used to promote or deter behaviour, then the tax system itself is promoting tax avoidance. If you want to criticise tax avoidance, then be prepared to be found guilty yourself ...

Tax evasion, on the other hand, is not paying tax due, or disguising tax liability, or exploitation of unintended loopholes in tax regulations (and hiding it). Such is illegal.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 36,906	Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Tax avoidance is not fraud. Everyone does it, and they do it legally. If you buy a new car based on its road tax band, that’s tax avoidance. If as a commercial energy user you choose your supplier so as not to pay the fossil fuel levy, that’s tax avoidance. If you choose to put your savings in an ISA, that’s tax avoidance. For as long as the tax system is used to promote or deter behaviour, then the tax system itself is promoting tax avoidance. If you want to criticise tax avoidance, then be prepared to be found guilty yourself ... Tax evasion, on the other hand, is not paying tax due, or disguising tax liability, or exploitation of unintended loopholes in tax regulations (and hiding it). Such is illegal.