To PREVENT EVASION.
It can at once be admitted that the aim of the Inland Revenue Authorities, on behalf of the Exchequer, is to make it difficult for taxpayers to evade the proper claims of the tax-gatherer, and with that aim everybody, of course, must agree. However much we may object to high taxation, and however much we may criticize public expenditure, the fact remains that when Parliament has once sanctioned the imposts it is the duty of all law- abiding citizens to comply with the requirements of the law. Those who evade its demands are evading their duties as citizens and are passing on the burden to others more conscientious, but probably less able to bear the strain, for unfortunately experience shows that it is often the well-to-do who elaborate schemes to avoid some of the admittedly burdensome demands of Income and Super Tax.
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