Bob should be paying 40% tax. Bob uses normal legal means and reduces his tax burden to 25%. Some people think he's a but cheeky; most people don't really care (or are jealous that he has an accountant); some people say "good on you!"
Ann should be paying 40% tax. Ann uses a bunch of weird interpretations of tax law to squeeze through loopholes. Ann has to keep changing her finances because the loopholes keep changing. Ann pays about 0.5%. Ann then claims that she can hire a cleaner, and so we should be grateful that the cleaner pays PAYE and can buy goods which will have VAT.
At the same time as Ann and Bob are avoiding tax everyone is going through tough times; their jobs are at risk, their services are being cut.
Everyone knows that rich people and companies avoid some tax. Most people really don't care, so long as some kind of tax is being paid.
Bob should be paying 40% tax. Bob uses normal legal means and reduces his tax burden to 25%. Some people think he's a but cheeky; most people don't really care (or are jealous that he has an accountant); some people say "good on you!"
Ann should be paying 40% tax. Ann uses a bunch of weird interpretations of tax law to squeeze through loopholes. Ann has to keep changing her finances because the loopholes keep changing. Ann pays about 0.5%. Ann then claims that she can hire a cleaner, and so we should be grateful that the cleaner pays PAYE and can buy goods which will have VAT.
At the same time as Ann and Bob are avoiding tax everyone is going through tough times; their jobs are at risk, their services are being cut.
Everyone knows that rich people and companies avoid some tax. Most people really don't care, so long as some kind of tax is being paid.