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> Hodge wants to make it a criminal offence to sell or promote illegal tax avoidance schemes Isn't promoting something illegal already illegal by definition?
by driverdan 12y ago
> Hodge wants to make it a criminal offence to sell or promote illegal tax avoidance schemes
Isn't promoting something illegal already illegal by definition?
- binarymax 12y agoThis sounds like something that isn't defined as illegal yet but might be in the grey area - and if HMRC decides it's illegal later then you are punished ex post facto.
- ermintrude 12y agoApparently not: "HMRC can prosecute tax advisers if they try to hide schemes, but has no sanction against those that create and sell artificial trading arrangements designed solely to dodge taxes." That's what she wants to change.
- pcrh 12y agoThat's hardly likely to make any difference. The accountants and lawyers will simply move to wherever their activity is legal.
- vixen99 12y agoDefinitions! llegal tax avoidance = tax evasion. You might as well talk about legal tax evasion.