Letters to MoneyWeek: Where do we draw the line on tax?

A selection of letters sent into the MoneyWeek office, and their replies.

I feel I must take issue with you over your assertion, in response to PD's communication regarding tax avoidance, that, with reference to pensions and individual savings accounts (Isas): "Few would consider these options to constitute tax avoidance, since they are explicitly permitted by legislation" (MoneyWeek 872).

I have had an Isa for many years and my purpose is to avoid tax. I have no moral qualms about this as I see no reason to pay more tax than I am legally required to do. An Isa is quite clearly a vehicle for tax avoidance and is widely used as such. The fact that it is explicitly permitted by legislation is, in my view, irrelevant.

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