Shrinking tax base

[vetran]

Lawyers are good for tax avoidance, but they can't get you round evasion, so would be of little help here.

yes but how do you make it evasion?

The lawyers make sure its avoidance. Have a look at the tax affairs of Mr Tetrapak, we pay him to live here and its all legal.

[Robinho]

yes but how do you make it evasion?

The lawyers make sure its avoidance. Have a look at the tax affairs of Mr Tetrapak, we pay him to live here and its all legal.

But there would be no scope for avoidance because the tax code would be so simple. They say it's 11,000 pages at the minute. Dunno if that's true or not but whatever it is it's ridiculously complicated.

[Doggy Styles]

But there would be no scope for avoidance because the tax code would be so simple. They say it's 11,000 pages at the minute. Dunno if that's true or not but whatever it is it's ridiculously complicated.

Ah yes, Tolley's Tax Guide.

With each new tax regulation it took over 100 years to reach 2500 pages. Then Gordon doubled the size of it.

It was like writing a sequel.

[OwlHoot]

The main problem isn't so much how we tax, it's the level of tax revenues the gov needs to receive, thanks to entitlement spending, interest payments and pretendy austerity.

However, if you want a tax that is fair, almost impossible to avoid or offshore and doesn't distort the market, then the land value tax it is.

He's off again

[Platypus]

JUst create more government jobs! They have to pay tax!

Simples.....

Your are Gordon Brown and I claim my £25,000 benefits!

[DimPrawn]

And just to think about 5 years ago you thought the Tories would sort it out

I was an idiot 5 years ago.