It is time that tax avoidance is treated as theft, not a "procedural misdemeanor' which is often the result with the guilty party allowed to buy their way out by paying the back tax plus a penalty.
Peter, I was always under the impression that tax avoidance isn't a procedural misdemeanour, it is legal and as you mention, perfectly illustrated by the multitude of large companies (and wealthy individuals) who use tax havens, etc, to their advantage. It is tax evasion that is illegal?
Whatever the case, I agree that a lot more should be done to ensure hyper weathy individuals and large commercial organisations pay their share, rather than using dodgy loopholes to avoid it. (Starbucks, Google, Amazon, etc being good examples)
