Re: Nick Kew Re: Yes, but
"....That is, if you don't accept tax avoidance as a legitimate reason...." BZZZZT!! Sorry, that assumption is incorrect - tax avoidance is not illegal, therefore it is legitimate. Please stop trying to insist otherwise.
You really need to work harder on understanding the difference between "fair" and legitimate". "Fair" is what people throw about when they are upset or morally-offended by something which is not illegal, usually when they don't have an argument that holds water, so they fall back on squealing about "unfairness". To make tax avoidance illegal you would need to change the laws, which is why we have ended up with such a humongous mess of UK tax laws - people trying to make it more "fair" to at least the majority (because you cannot please all of the people all of the time). To change the laws you either need to convince enough people that your reasoning is valid (unlikely) or get them to swallow such untruths by bleating on about "aggressive tax avoidance", etc., etc.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
