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The Herald reports that a young person on an unemployment benefit will be about $1 a week better off.
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Evasion is a crime, avoidance is not. Some avoidance schemes cross the line (ask the banks) and become evasion, but the two are not the same thing.
Yes; well aware of that, thanks. In the real word, any accountant will tell you that it's not so black and white.
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Loving all the argument before the budget announcement.
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Might help if you didn't treat "avoidance" and "evasion" as interchangeable synonyms, which they aren't in the context of a useful discussion of tax policy. I also had it explained to me in some detail by a editor, back in the day, that it's also a worthwhile distinction to keep in mind if you don't want to deal with the venerable firm of Sue, Grabbit and Runne.
Oh, noes. I might get sued for libel by "the wealthy".
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The idea that the rich are the only people who try and work the system to their best advantage is a little silly.
Well, I never quite said that. All your examples do happen, of course, but mostly people just work for an employer and pay their tax.
I guess we'll just have to disagree.
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I suspect almost everyone tries to avoid paying taxes, for most of us it's just not worth paying an accountant to help us.
Really? Most people have only a wage or salary for income, so how?
What's the definition of "the wealthy" in this context?
In this context, it's those who should be in the top tax tier, but arrange their business / trust affairs so that that doesn't happen.
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3410: No, I'm suggesting that there's nothing particularly useful in sneering generalisations about an ill-defined collective noun. It's knowledge, bro.
Oh, I despair. Now you're calling me prejudiced for being against tax evasion.
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Those with higher income are often the first to admit they pay their accountants to avoid paying taxes.
Really, Sofie -- since you went there, is that on the same planet of anecdotage where solo mothers fuck anything that moves as a revenue-gathering strategy?
Craig, you appear to be about the only one who believes it's just prejudice to suggest that the wealthy dodge their tax responsibilities.