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Tom, there is very little in life you NEED to do, for the benefit of this discussion it would help if you defined obligation. You see that obligation will vary from administration to administration, from budget to budget, it is an undefined figure.
Why are those on PAYE obliged to pay tax at a rate set by HMRC and 'companies' are not?
Starbucks and others operate within the law, they are not in any way avoiding their obligation (whatever it is)
How on Earth could anybody seriously opine that any non-individualised entity would cease to avoid wherever they can by being asked to pay less from the get-go? [A sentence about TAX that does not mention TAX and yet makes complete sense.]
That might make sense to you, I'd suggest its a load of pseudo nonsense.
If a company today sees fit to trade within an economy and reap it's benefit from the results of all areas of tax spend within that same economy; health, education, infrastructure etc, and yet be content to work the system in such a way so as to not pay-in to that same economy and be roundly praised by you and others for so doing, are we to credit that this will change by lowering the 'ask' without adjusting the expectation of payment? And how is it that satellite TV is to be Rightly begrudged any in receipt of benefits they may not have paid into?
I want EVERYBODY to pay less tax and for the govt to spend what it collects and no more. Its useless govt that has got us in this mess, its time they lived within their means.
