(09-11-2015, 18:32)Trusevich Wrote: No, you're wrong. There is a clear difference between a 'tax avoidance scheme' and 'not paying tax'.
Tax avoidance schemes are NOT ILLEGAL.
It's the interpretation of said schemes that has been open to question by many qualified financial experts and that is the knub of this whole debate - what is a loan and what is construed to be part of a salary? Some of these schemes were above aboard and of no interest to HMRC. The likes of Rangers oldco's EBT scheme was an illegal manipulation to gain a clear benefit over the British tax payer and that's why HMRC rightly never let this issue go away and stuck with it to it's rightful conclusion!!