Ban nasty accountants

[amcdonald]

You've spoilt it.

I wanted a reply for him.

The point being tax avoidance is legal, if you can't see that you're stupid

[SueEllen]

The point being tax avoidance is legal, if you can't see that you're stupid

I'm aware tax avoidance is legal.

What I wanted you to explain is why a personal allowance is a scheme?

[AtW]

The point being tax avoidance is legal, if you can't see that you're stupid

I find that a lot of people who talk about "tax avoidance is legal" actually engage in nothing other than tax evasion.

It's just HMRC has no resources or time to pursue them in criminal courts (other than VAT fraudsters). That really needs to change and HMRC should pursue those who created those schemes in the first place - if the scheme is criminal tax evasion then not only the person who used it to benefit from tax should go down, but also the people who created this scheme in the first place, including those QCs who've "approved" the scheme.

[tractor]

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I find that a lot of people who talk about "tax avoidance is legal" actually engage in nothing other than tax evasion.

It's just HMRC has no resources or time to pursue them in criminal courts (other than VAT fraudsters). That really needs to change and HMRC should pursue those who created those schemes in the first place - if the scheme is criminal tax evasion then not only the person who used it to benefit from tax should go down, but also the people who created this scheme in the first place, including those QCs who've "approved" the scheme.

Who, in this context are no different than the guilty big 4 and certainly no different to the senior tax officers (and there are many) who have left HMRC after they have retired with their hefty taxpayer funded pensions to advise in similar capacities.

I wouldn't actually mind being accountable for tax if the simpletons who administer and spend it were at least as accountable :P