Tax system rules are still unfair

With another Revenue deadline approaching, tomorrow will doubtless see a flood of letters and faxes as people seek to avail of the latest incentive scheme, this time involving life assurance schemes.

Compliant taxpayers may blanch at the prospect of evaders being allowed to “settle up their affairs'‘.

However, unlike the case of the infamous tax amnesties, they are at least paying all the tax they owe, with penalties.

Remarkably, it appears that some ...