28 Jan 2024 01:21
While taxes are rising for people like you and me, it's never been easier for the rich and powerful to avoid them. In just the last few days, it’s been revealed HMRC hasn't charged a single company over tax evasion, despite new laws, while Overseas Territories aren’t reporting firms using them as tax havens, and just yesterday it was revealed two thirds of the the UK's richest earners paid less tax in 2023 than in the year before. [
Billionaires are being let off the hook through legal tax avoidance schemes, and getting richer and richer, while we make up the difference. It’s just not right. Whilst our schools and hospitals fall apart, HMRC has chosen to go after… ordinary people making a little extra money selling their clothes online. [3] And the Government are even talking about more tax breaks, which will benefit the wealthy. [4]
Enough is enough. It’s time we shut these schemes down the Government wants a boost before the election, and polls show the public would prefer services to have better funding over yet more tax breaks. This is our chance to pressure Jeremy Hunt to shut down legal tax avoidance schemes, so we have more money for our NHS and public services.
while taxes are rising for people like you and me, it's never been easier for the rich and powerful to avoid them. [1] In just the last few days, it’s been revealed HMRC hasn't charged a single company over tax evasion, despite new laws, while Overseas Territories aren’t reporting firms using them as tax havens, and just yesterday it was revealed two thirds of the the UK's richest earners paid less tax in 2023 than in the year before.
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/hmrc-tax-advoidance-petition