You show me yours..

[Scrumpy]

... and I'll show you mine..
Paul Nowak challenge to Nigel Farage.. When talking about Tax returns..

They are all on the fiddle.. Of course they are... 

Nothing new there.. Politicians .. Royals... the ultra wealthy...
We have known of this for donkey's years..
Most of them have expert advise on how to avoid paying the full whack..
Angelia Raynor tried to work the system on her own.. WRONG...

That's alright.. we would all do it if we could..
But we can't... Because those abusing the rules are those who are usually make the rules.. 
But only rules for us.. The rules do not include them..
And that is why we are all getting pissed off with the lot of them...

We spend most of our time complaining about illegal immigrants invading our shores.. 
They, the politicians, all promise to do something about it....
I feel they are too busy fiddling the books and making loads of money to feather their own nest .. 
Thus allowing them to move to a place of their choosing.. 
Far away from good old Britain that once was but is now being taken over.. by we know who.. but must not say who..

[klondike]

It's very simple. Tax avoidance means not paying more than the tax laws say you have to and is entirely legal. If you are self employed you pay an accountant to achieve the best possible outcome for you. Paying more isn't noble it's stupid

Tax evasion is failing to declare everything or lying in what you do declare. It is what Rayner apparently did and if discovered at least means you have to pay what was evaded. It often  involves penalties and possibly jail. Obviously not it your name is Ange though.

The impoverished and those on PAYE as I am sadly these days means the Tax man gets first dibs before you even see it and there is precious little you can do to reduce how much he grabs

[Ashy]

Nobody should pay tax unless they absolutely have to. The government only wastes it and gives it to people who hate us.

[Alex]

It's about time they raised the threshold to £20,000  ! 

[klondike]

The government seems keen to equate avoiding with evading. Well for anybody other than them of course. If they don't like the avoidance then they should specify the laws correctly. Decent tax accountants can always find loopholes in their poorly drafted regulations. Those that get stiffed are mostly those on PAYE.