Making a case for tax

I have a theory that if we had a flat rate 10 or 15 per cent tax rate on everything we might actually end up with more cash going to the Treasury.

Give everyone a personal allowance and then it is a flat rate for individuals, companies, corporations, shops ice cream vans, whatever with no tax havens, dubious family trusts, non-dom status, offshore banking cobblers or any of the other tax avoidance schemes which sees some of the ridiculously wealthy paying less tax than a hospital porter. If you live here you pay tax here at the same rate as everyone else.

It would save a fortune in administration, means accountants would be free to get a life and we would not have to put up with the annual budget charade which always seem to leave anyone with a job, who eats, drinks and drives a car worse off.