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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Who's doing the 'wotaboutery' now?
Tax avoidance is legal. If the government want to stop it, they need to legislate.
Actually, HMRC is looking very carefully at instances where tax avoidance is employed. To suggest that HMRC is focussing only on benefits is way off beam.
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In which case, it was evasion, not avoidance.
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So the government should legislate. Don't blame those who can avoid tax legally and do so.
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You are clearly advocating the ethos that "If I can get away it, great! I want as much wealth as I can get and I want it for me. Stuff everyone else".
You, and Chris, are deliberately focusing on the strictly legality of what you can and can't get away with. What you should be doing is stepping back and asking what is the best solution for society as a whole.
As societies evolve, they attempt to improve the moral underpinning of what constitutes fairness and equality. The normalisation of wealth distribution is part of this journey. It is inevitable and we just need to work out the best path to arrive at this destination.