tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post5109926759389715608..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: This week's award for mind numbing innumeracy goes to...Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-62252190037043996442016-11-19T21:26:25.687+00:002016-11-19T21:26:25.687+00:00BJ, because they are comparing two unknowns. There...BJ, because they are comparing two unknowns. There are plenty of businesses who wouldn't actually need to pay 20% corp tax in the UK but who pay it anyway because it's cheaper than paying somewhere else, or who are basically just laundering money.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-79593131828156936882016-11-19T18:46:28.542+00:002016-11-19T18:46:28.542+00:00So evasion + avoidance = tax gap?
Why such a big ...So evasion + avoidance = tax gap?<br /><br />Why such a big gap for Corp Tax?<br /><br />benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-27171080219738883482016-11-19T11:36:14.276+00:002016-11-19T11:36:14.276+00:00"Maybe the TPA are now sponsored by the tobac..."Maybe the TPA are now sponsored by the tobacco and fuel lobbies?"<br /><br />Or dominated by retired colonels who like fast cars, claret, whisky and smoking.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-20788243758377356302016-11-18T20:31:57.403+00:002016-11-18T20:31:57.403+00:00B, easy, they took the upper range of estimates ra...B, easy, they took the upper range of estimates rather than the middle figure and multiplied it by a random number of years.<br /><br />This is like the "public health" stuff about "12 million preventable deaths from smoking over the next fifty years".<br /><br />As to why, I have no idea. Maybe the TPA are now sponsored by the tobacco and fuel lobbies?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-55531809133585301352016-11-18T19:02:02.010+00:002016-11-18T19:02:02.010+00:00So where do they get that figure of £31.6 billion ...So where do they get that figure of £31.6 billion from? Have they just made it up? and why are they lying about excise duties?Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.com