Tax Evasion Could Lead To 20 Year Jail Terms?

antrobus

MacMickster wrote: »

Just as murder may well involve assault and GBH as well, but prosecutors tend not to charge people with these additional crimes carrying a lower sentence.

That's as maybe, but it still doesn't change the facts that;

- Fraud is fraud in terms of the Fraud Act 2006
- the charge of cheating the public revenue applies equally well to benefit fraud as it does to tax fraud

MacMickster wrote: »

...My initial point still stands....

Fraud is fraud, whether the sum involved is £5 or £5 million; it's the same crime.

antrobus

JencParker wrote: »

So if you're poor there should be a high penalty. If you are a high earner, then you are a poor misfortunate and it's not your fault so only deserve a slap on the wrist. And if you are a company then it's good business!

Why am in not surprised to hear such things from members of this forum...rolls eyes....

This attitude sums up a large part of everything that is wrong with this country.

I detect a sense of humour failure.

Our east saxon simian was indulging in a little satire.:)

JencParker

antrobus wrote: »

I detect a sense of humour failure.

Our east saxon simian was indulging in a little satire.:)

No sense of humour failure. He may well have been, but there are a frightening number of people who do think this way!

Loughton_Monkey

JencParker wrote: »

So if you're poor there should be a high penalty. If you are a high earner, then you are a poor misfortunate and it's not your fault so only deserve a slap on the wrist. And if you are a company then it's good business!

Why am in not surprised to hear such things from members of this forum...rolls eyes....

This attitude sums up a large part of everything that is wrong with this country.

I can't believe I'm reading this!

May I politely suggest you look up the word "irony" in the dictionary? You'll find it between "irascible" and "irritable".