Andrew Hubbard suggests a framework for 'rational' public debate about tax avoidance
The entries on my tax return are very dull and boring (and before anybody says it that's not because I leave all the interesting stuff out!) but I wouldn't be too pleased if I found that your editor had printed copies of my returns as a supplement to the next edition of this magazine.
Would I be right to be concerned? I think that I would. My tax returns are private and I have a right to privacy. But what happens if I use the word 'secret' rather than 'private'. Does the balance of the argument shift? It shouldn't but calling something secret creates very different resonances. Secrecy implies that there is something hidden and perhaps therefore something...
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Andrew Hubbard suggests a framework for 'rational' public debate about tax avoidance
The entries on my tax return are very dull and boring (and before anybody says it that's not because I leave all the interesting stuff out!) but I wouldn't be too pleased if I found that your editor had printed copies of my returns as a supplement to the next edition of this magazine.
Would I be right to be concerned? I think that I would. My tax returns are private and I have a right to privacy. But what happens if I use the word 'secret' rather than 'private'. Does the balance of the argument shift? It shouldn't but calling something secret creates very different resonances. Secrecy implies that there is something hidden and perhaps therefore something...
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