• ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Sunak needs to go in the opposite direction: extend inheritance tax to the super wealthy, who typically hide their assets offshore and in trusts in order to avoid inheritance tax (amongst others).

    You’ve just described his family.

    • frog 🐸@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Yep. I kind of wish that having those kind of tax arrangements automatically disqualified someone from being a politician. Not paying UK tax? You can’t be part of the UK’s government. Won’t happen, though.