Tony Margaritelli hopes that HMRC’s problems are properly addressed after the
upcoming general election
As I write the upcoming election is just weeks away, and it seems taxation is one of the big issues, with all manner of people offering views on how any cuts are to be funded and how much taxation needs to rise to cover various manifesto pledges.
I am not going to add my tuppence-worth (younger readers may need to use Google here) to the debate.
My issue is that while I have read so many discourses on the mechanics of taxation – some of which have been frankly baffling – I am genuinely surprised that no one has mentioned simplifying the tax code to make it more understandable, more accountable and more dynamic. I suppose that’s a wish too far.
It can be done and it should be done, but until politicians recognise the damage they do by tinkering around the edges nothing will change (other than the inevitable call to teach taxation at school as a universal panacea).
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