Tax doesn’t need to be taxing. That’s how the advertising slogan goes. And if you’re Barclays Bank or one of the other multi-billion pound corporations that merrily pays nothing (or next to nothing), it’s true. On the other hand, if you’re a small business owner, freelancer, or good old fashioned wage slave, tax isn’t just […]

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We are told that aggressive tax avoidance is “morally repugnant” We’re also told that many of these schemes are legal. In fact, they’re not. But tax law is so complicated, so arcane, so twisted, it’s easy to bend the truth. Because the real aim of the tax system is to transfer wealth to the wealthy, […]

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