Postby etf » Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:36 pm
I think this reader reply which I have lifted sums it up quite well:
MTD being expected to close the tax gap is a joke.
Evaders expected to be "caught" by their own software?
A bit like the Blackadder Skit on how to catch the German spy
Baldricks cunning plan is to ask all patients"are you a spy"
George: Well, have a look through the list of patients and see if there’s
anyone here whose name begins with `von’. Well, it’s almost bound
to be your bloke!
Edmund: I think we may find that he’s using a false name, actually, George.
George: Oh, crikey. Well, that’s hardly fair, now, is it…
Baldrick: I, too, have a cunning plan to catch the spy, sir.
Edmund: Do you, Baldrick, do you…
Baldrick: You go round the hostipal and ask everyone, “Are you a German spy?”
Edmund: Yes, I must say, Baldrick, I appreciate your involvement on the
creative side.
Baldrick: If it was me, I’d own up.
Maybe MTD was thought up after reading this plot
Either way expecting MTD to close the tax gap is losing the plot
The "Tax gap" is deliberate evasion, not error.