TUC puts tax avoidance centre stage
The TUC published the most popular ways the “regularly employed” to get around tax rules as part of its campaign for action against celebrity tax dodgers.
Tax-avoiding measures included the use of tax havens such as the Bahamas and Panama, sports stars paying tax separately on their image rights, and income being paid to a wife or civil partner.
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Hide AdThe domicile rule was said to be the tax dodger’s best friend, allowing the super-rich to live in the UK but place most of their income offshore.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: “The overwhelming majority of people in the UK have little choice over the amount of tax they pay and unlike big corporations and super-rich celebrities don’t have the means to employ expensive accountants to help them avoid paying their fair share of tax.
“Each year billions of pounds which the super-rich should be paying in tax leaves the country and is lost to the public purse.
“The Chancellor has said he finds tax avoidance morally repugnant – so do we and that’s why we want him to act.”