[a fool in paradise]

Will Mick Jagger again become a “Street Fighting Man”? I doubt it. Mick and Macca have both left their homeland at times to avoid steep tax rates. Rather than work to get those tax laws changed, they sought personal protections through various tax dodges.

[chimera]

Wasn't that the real reason why John Lennon fought so hard to get a green card? At the time the top marginal rate in the UK was something like 79% (or more), and he was paying it. Residing here lowered his marginal rate to something like 59%? I may be off on the numbers, but it was something ridiculous like that.

Roger Moore (I think) resided in Switzerland for similar reasons. It was a veritable cottage industry there for awhile, finding offshore tax havens for the wealthy Brits. See how well wealth confiscation worked out?

[dennisw]

Rolling Stones pay taxes in Netherlands and pay the minimum. They hire genius lawyers and accountants. They got ripped off a lot in the beginning

[alexander_busek]

Rather than work to get those tax laws changed, they sought personal protections through various tax dodges.

I dare say that, by ostentatiously relocating and thus avoiding taxes, they may have in fact drawn a great deal more attention to the unfairness (and ineffectiveness) of Britain's tax laws than if they had instead stayed and attempted to "fight it out."

Regards,