Lewis Hamilton is no doubt feeling a bit uncomfortable this morning. Should tax evaders simply not be jailed? That is an important question? If you stole £3.5 million from a bank you would be jailed, but if you stole £3.5 million in unpaid VAT, surely that’s the same thing? Hamilton’s scheme to avoid paying VAT on his private jet is tax evasion. It is money that could have been used to fund the NHS and a host of other services our country needs.
Sick people are being denied PIPs while rich people like the Queen, Lewis Hamilton, and corporations like Apple and Google hide their money in offshore tax havens. People are fed up with these double standards, and it is time that something was done.
ABC Note: Turns out Westminster may not be able to dodge the scandal either - the pension fund of Britain's MPs has also invested through an offshore unit trust in Jersey, as reported in the Financial Times.
Image: Lewis Hamilton
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