Tax avoidance "morally repugnant"?

[jamesbrown]

Is it just me or is UK plc losing the plot?

Perhaps. But it's easy to see how this sort of reporting occurs. On the one hand, "tax avoidance" is an amorphous concept and there is a feeling among the general public, milked by the press, that people should PAYE their fare share (sorry), especially during a time of austerity. On the other hand, IR35 is an obscure and unintelligible area of tax law and the press is filled with so-called experts that are spreading blatant falsehoods about the content and implementation of IR35. It's really no surprise, then, that the vacuum is filled with catchy headlines and shoddy reporting rather than balanced analysis.

[Bumfluff]

Perhaps. But it's easy to see how this sort of reporting occurs. On the one hand, "tax avoidance" is an amorphous concept and there is a feeling among the general public, milked by the press, that people should PAYE their fare share (sorry), especially during a time of austerity. On the other hand, IR35 is an obscure and unintelligible area of tax law and the press is filled with so-called experts that are spreading blatant falsehoods about the content and implementation of IR35. It's really no surprise, then, that the vacuum is filled with catchy headlines and shoddy reporting rather than balanced analysis.

Press, public and MPs seem to have forgotten that MPs were given exemption from certain tax avoidance rules may be its time the press were reminded lets put the ball back in the MP's court MPs given exemption from tax avoidance rules - Telegraph