We're talking here about the tax base, We're talking here about over the years a quite significant shifting of the tax burden from high-wealth and corporates to PAYE taxpayers. This is serious, it's systematic, and it's on the increase. Especially when the tax officials are overworked, underpaid, and doing their own photocopying. Happiness is hot.
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Find it, put a dollar value on it, put your political brand on it. Smile till it hurts, you're on Background Briefing. Gerald Tooth reports the secretive relationship between the Foreign Investment Review Board and the Government. Corporations are increasingly using their global presence to avoid paying taxes. Stan Correy looks at a problem which threatens the viability of the nation-state.