Original version

BBC World Service Online

Migrated podcast image for: World Have Your Say

World Have Your Say

News

World Have Your Say logo

This programme is no longer in the schedule but the conversation continues on BBC OS.

World Have Your Say: WHYS 30: Is tax avoidance morally wrong?

Discussion & Talk

WHYS 30: Is tax avoidance morally wrong?

BBC World Service - World Have Your Say, WHYS 30: Is tax avoidance morally wrong?

Tax avoidance is legal but is it morally ok?

Tax avoidance is legal but is it morally ok?

All week there's been talk in the UK about tax evasion, ever since the British comedian Jimmy Carr apologised for using a legal offshore tax avoidance scheme. 

The K2 scheme in Jersey enabled him to pay as little as 1 per cent tax. 

Today a senior Jersey politician says it should declare independence from the UK, after the UK government threatened to clamp down on its tax avoidance schemes.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

World Have Your Say

WHYS 30: Is tax avoidance morally wrong?

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service