Re: Can someone clarify something please?
Very good points.
Yes, the government decides how much of our taxes to pay in. But we do have a ballot box cross we can bring to bear on them if they don't fund it properly... as will be the case in the next general election I feel.
True, it will be mixed in with a wide variety of other subjects, weights and balances.
Actually, HMRC are not obliging in that regard. They take their pound of flesh and nothing more. I am on PAYE for my day job, and I'm an unsuccessful author on the side. So unsuccessful, in fact, that I give them my earnings (I can earn an extra £3,000 a year on top of my PAYE before having to go completely self filing) ... and I've had rebates. Go figure.
Yes... I'm that unsuccessful.
Morality does change from person to person... very true... so I suppose you could call it the morality of the majority, and those using off shore bank accounts quickly feel the force of shame from society at large.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
