Comment on HMRC puts 200 billionaires on UK tax crackdown hitlist

blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well the problem is we’re not taxing them significantly more, we’re assigning manpower to gently cajol them into paying the small amount we do tax them.

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  • foo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Exactly. There’s a difference between creating new rules to tax them more, and collecting the tax they’re already supposed to be paying but aren’t.

    I truly hope this pays off. Some folk say things like “but they’ll leave if we tax them”. Good! If they’re making money off us and not paying what they’re due, they’re damaging our economy and we’re better off without them. If they truly were performing a worthwhile service, then someone else will fill the void. Same goes for the corporations, who I hope are next.

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sounds like progress to me.

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    • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It is genuinely an improvement, we’re just hoping for more. I think that more or less sums up Labour at the moment actually.

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