Im a bit weird on the left. I don’t blame anyone for limiting their tax liability, I blame governments for not closing loop holes. Tax shouldn’t be an honour system.
I don't blame then either - it's a natural thing to do and everyone will pay as little as possible.
But I do get annoyed that they spend fortunes employing tax experts/financial advisors to avoid the tax when in the end it'd have ended up being roughly the same cost if they'd just taken the law in the spirit intended and paid the tax.
I also get annoyed about how they constantly harp on about convoluted tax laws and how they should be simplified when most of the time they're that convoluted because they had to add in specific caveats to close loopholes. And if you did simplify them they'd just take advantage again.
It's also how they're "shareholders deserve dividends/remuneration" but society that gives them the opportunity to make this money deserve nothing. Tax is a dirty word, dividends aren't. So maybe we need a rebrand. Dividends are shareholder tax and tax becomes a public dividend.
I understand that much of the problem with tax can be a cash issue to pay the bill and more needs to be done on making it less onerous (payment plans etc).
