[Margaret Pilkington]

If the government wants to get the tax it is owed then a good start would be for the tax to be paid before these media stars get their hands on it.......if they feel that they have valid claims against their tax bill then they can petition for these to HMRC.

Those of us who have to PAYE have no chance to do anything other than pay what HMRC tell us(they get their hands on it long before we get a sniff of it)....and even then they can get it wrong and land you with a hefty bill.......which they now want to take directly out of your Bank account(damn Cheek)....and DC says that this is alright...and if we do not allow this to happen then we will all pay more tax.

If those corporations who manage to swing 'sweetheart' deals with the tax man, paid what they really should pay, then ALL of us would get better services and maybe even pay less ourselves.

This would ultimately be good for the economy because we would all have more money to spend.
And while I am having a rant about tax. Last week we were told that Britain was back to the level of production that we were at when the crash came......they put VAT up to 20%...so if we are back where we were is there any chance that the VAT can now be reduced?

Until the government close the tax loopholes, and make the taxation system simpler, these people with money, who can afford accountants will continue to pay as little tax as possible. So don't blame Gary Barlow.....blame this government and all the other governments before it who COULD have done something to make taxation fairer...but HAVEN'T!