Many
governments all over the world seem intent on blurring the lines between tax
avoidance and tax evasion. Lawmakers are gumming it up to the abuse of benefits
and exemptions by many people. Sure it is quite unfair that celebrities could
hire professional accountants that help them reduce the amount of taxes they pay,
but it is really because they could manage the finances effectively that they
could reduce their taxes.
With the lack
of knowledge of tax avoidance, a blue-collar worker pays 10% of his or her
salary to the government. A celebrity with professional accountants could reduce
that amount to 3% at best by tax returns, exemptions and benefits.
We’ve heard
of people marrying for convenience because bearing children could effectively
reduce the taxes couples pay. Add to that the combination of declaring the
lower-rate taxpaying partner being the primary breadwinner, then their taxes
are effectively reduced as well.
Declaring
that tax avoidance is the same as tax evasion is declaring that knowledge is
something damnable. I think that a better solution to the problem would be the
reduction of the beneficiary taxes based on income, not declaring those who
understand the law to be abusing the system.
