mandelbrot
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Your friend's son is not a law abiding citizen. He is a tax evader and he is stealing from all of us. I hope that Revenue throw the book at him.
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It never ceases to amaze me, the Irish attitude towards the tax system. Whether or not you personally agree with the way the taxes are levied (the same as you may not agree with the drink driving limit, or any other piece of legislation you could care to mention), you should still abide by the law. The simple fact is that every person who evades tax is affecting the overall amount of tax receipts. The consequence of which is that the tax rate paid by everyone ends up being slightly higher than it would need to be.
Greta is the typical example of the shoulder shrugging attitude, "Ah sure, so what if he does a few nixers and pockets the cash. more power to him..." etc etc.
The so what is that the size of the black economy in Ireland is alarming, have a look at this; http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/the-black-economy--is-back-in-business-1917172.html
So, the €6bn that the Government is trying to find in the budget is in the Black Economy...
So Greta, if/when you're gnashing your teeth at the prospect of whatever hardship the forthcoming budget imposes on you, please remember that all of that money would already be in the coffers if no-one was willing to engage in the black market. Maybe then you won't be smiling about a "cute whore" who manages to feather his nest and dodge a few bob in tax.