Wow talk about distraction techniques
Compared to Clarkson, Dyson thats small potatoes very very very very small potatoes, and while also not right, with A.Rayner the figure was about £15k. Far far from the millions the super rich tax dodgers are dodging.
Tell me. Do you doff your cap every time a range rover drives past ?, just in case one of your betters is riding in it. Genuine Question.
You miss my point - there is a perfectly legitimate way to minimise tax payments. Chancellors down the years have made law concerning exemptions. For example, you do not pay tax on money you put into your pension. You do not pay tax when you invest in an isa. If you just put your money in the bank, you do pay tax on the interest once it goes above a pretty low threshold.
So, putting money into an isa, or putting money into a pension pot, is a perfectly proper and legal way to avoid paying tax. It is allowed. It is proper. It is legal.
If on the other hand you EVADE tax, you act illegally. People evade tax by hiding money - especially if they deal in cash payments. Not declaring income truthfully, is of course a crime. So is pretending that the house you are selling is your actual main residence, if it is not in fact your main residence. That is a crime too. This is why I mentioned the case.
Are you suggesting that Clarkson is an EVADER?
Are you suggesting Dyson is an EVADER?
Avoidance is legal, proper, and sensible.
You also seem to be excusing the deputy PM because the amount concerned was not very large.
Tell the truth - you just don't like people who have made a lot of money and think somehow it should be taken from them and that they ought not to be allowed to take advantage of he perfectly proper allowances and reliefs put in place by governments.
If it is not too personal a question - do you pay more tax than the law requires you to pay?
I expect not. Why do you think that Clarkson and Dyson should pay more than they are required to pay?