Comments on: The more you have the easier it is to avoid tax http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/09/29/the-more-you-have-the-easier-it-is-to-avoid-tax/ Richard Murphy on tax and corporate accountability Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:37:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: david barker http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/09/29/the-more-you-have-the-easier-it-is-to-avoid-tax/#comment-2420 david barker Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:37:14 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/09/29/the-more-you-have-the-easier-it-is-to-avoid-tax/#comment-2420 Several points here. I am not looking at moral judgement but asking what is the solution? Taxation at whim? This person was obeying the tax law as it stands. If not, I am sure the IRS would have taken him to the cleaners. I do not understand tax`law is to be obeyed. If no tax is payable on a transaction then it is being obeyed. Thats called rule of law. Just taxing something because "it should be" is unlawful. Governement waste a lot of money to promote their own (often politicians personal) interests. What social duty is there to pay them to waste money on my behalf? Several points here.
I am not looking at moral judgement but asking what is the solution? Taxation at whim?
This person was obeying the tax law as it stands. If not, I am sure the IRS would have taken him to the cleaners.
I do not understand tax`law is to be obeyed. If no tax is payable on a transaction then it is being obeyed. Thats called rule of law. Just taxing something because “it should be” is unlawful.
Governement waste a lot of money to promote their own (often politicians personal) interests. What social duty is there to pay them to waste money on my behalf?

]]> By: Tax Research LLP http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/09/29/the-more-you-have-the-easier-it-is-to-avoid-tax/#comment-2387 Tax Research LLP Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:00:53 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/09/29/the-more-you-have-the-easier-it-is-to-avoid-tax/#comment-2387 The solution is simple. We need a change of ethos. Paying tax is a 'good thing' not a 'bad hing'. Governments provide goods (not univesally, I know, but overall undoubtedly) and it's a social (if not moral) duty to pay for them. Tax law is there for a reason. It's to be obeyed. Government should not provide opprtunity for it to be avoided. Good enough for starters? The solution is simple. We need a change of ethos. Paying tax is a ‘good thing’ not a ‘bad hing’. Governments provide goods (not univesally, I know, but overall undoubtedly) and it’s a social (if not moral) duty to pay for them. Tax law is there for a reason. It’s to be obeyed. Government should not provide opprtunity for it to be avoided.

Good enough for starters?

]]> By: david barker http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/09/29/the-more-you-have-the-easier-it-is-to-avoid-tax/#comment-2362 david barker Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:02:42 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/09/29/the-more-you-have-the-easier-it-is-to-avoid-tax/#comment-2362 I have to ask what is the solution. Should he just be arbitarily taxed and the money confiscated? I have to ask what is the solution. Should he just be arbitarily taxed and the money confiscated?

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