Something that really annoys me about such debates on taxation is that people often say `tax' when they mean `corporation tax' (in the case of companies) or `in

Something that really annoys me about such debates on taxation is that people often say `tax' when they mean `corporation tax' (in the case of companies) or `income tax' (in the case of individuals). In the UK, about the same is paid in national insurance + VAT + council tax as is paid in corporation tax + income tax.