Money Men

[redvanman]

How corrupt are the rich money men

[fiction-factory]

If you are referring to tax avoidance, the answer is probably as much (or little depending on your definition of 'corrupt') in most cases since they comply with (weak) tax laws- the big difference is that we avoid maybe a few hundred pounds and they can avoid millions

[-Talbot-]

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[Old_Geezer]

It varies between 4% and 98%.

[Old_Geezer]

But if you deposit £5M in my account I can fix it at any percentage you fancy.

[Samuraisan]

I think if anyone could get away with it they would. It is just the utter corruption and hypocrisy of the politiciana that gets me.

[fiction-factory]

I think as ten loopholes close nine more will open. But despite the scale of the evasion/avoidance we still get most of our tax income from the better off:

the top 1% pay more than a quarter of all UK income tax receipts http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2015/04/george-osborne-has-squeezed-more-from-the-rich-than-any-uk-chancellor-ever/

the top 3000 pay more than the bottom 9 millionhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/tax/11233686/How-top-3000-earners-pay-more-tax-than-bottom-9-million.html

[fiction-factory]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/tax/11233686/How-top-3000-earners-pay-more-tax-than-bottom-9-million.html

[maggiebee]

Is the Pope a catholic?

[TTG]

It's like the masons...they all look out for each other once you reach a certain status level in society.

[EcclesCake]

You're half right Talbot, the answer is surely 42?

[Baldric]

How long is a Bank Statement?

[fiction-factory]

How Hi's a Chinaman?