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If a person did it, we'd call it immoral Would we? It's pretty rare that I hear of someone being accused of immorality for taking every tax deduction allowed b
by Zak 14y ago
If a person did it, we'd call it immoral
Would we? It's pretty rare that I hear of someone being accused of immorality for taking every tax deduction allowed by law. If people want to complain about tax deductions, they usually say that the law is bad, not the people who follow it as written.
- Nursie 14y agoHave you been to the UK recently? Do you know who Jimmy Carr is?
- Zak 14y agoI was in the UK briefly this summer, but learned nothing relevant to this discussion while there. I didn't know who Jimmy Carr is until this post; it seems that the major controversy stems from the fact that he criticized others for avoiding taxes, then did the same thing himself. I think countries should arrange their tax rates and accounting rules so that there's little incentive to avoid taxes by moving money around, but I don't think it's in any way immoral to pay as little tax as the law requires. Governments are not charities and do not run on donations.