Clegg tax war on better-off: Tens of thousands face 'bully boy' investigations in new crackdown | Mail Online
Could I just give a big hand to all those who voted Lib Dems. Thanks. Really thanks a lot.
Today Mr Clegg will accuse middle class earners who pay accountants to minimise their tax bills of behaving like ‘benefit cheats’.
He will say that legal tax avoidance and illegal evasion are ‘just as bad’ as falsely claiming benefits, adding: ‘Both come down to stealing money from your neighbours.’
Tax evasion by the better off is to be aggressively pursued in a £900million drive which will see the number of people targeted for tax checks rise from 5,000 a year to 150,000.
Half of all the people paying the new 50p top rate of tax will have their tax affairs raked over by a dedicated team of investigators every year.
Lib Dem sources said the number of criminal prosecutions would increase five-fold.
He will say that legal tax avoidance and illegal evasion are ‘just as bad’ as falsely claiming benefits, adding: ‘Both come down to stealing money from your neighbours.’
Tax evasion by the better off is to be aggressively pursued in a £900million drive which will see the number of people targeted for tax checks rise from 5,000 a year to 150,000.
Half of all the people paying the new 50p top rate of tax will have their tax affairs raked over by a dedicated team of investigators every year.
Lib Dem sources said the number of criminal prosecutions would increase five-fold.
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