Tax evasion isn’t big just in the U.K. It is more common here in the U.S. than many would suppose. I have 42 years experience with taxes, almost half those inside the IRS. My experience has led me to estimate that at least 50% off all tax returns have some type of fraud either in under reporting of income or overstatement of deductions. And that doesn’t count the tax returns that are not filed, but should be.
Do you know who the biggest tax cheats are? Yep, you guessed it...liberals. I’ve seen the tax returns of many of the left’s biggest stars, politicians, movie “stars”, and they, in a nutshell, are absolute hypocrites. In my private practice the clients who have shaved income and inflated deductions are mostly left-wingers at least 3 to 1.
Just look at Obama’s cabinet, at least half of them are tax cheats, plus Charley Rangel, Tim Geithner (I would have arrested him were I still “on the job”). Our shining star democrats are such fine examples of tax compliance.
The more you take, the more they’ll evade.