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Do you know how much corporation tax has been reduced by since 2010?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Do you have an Individual Savings Account (ISA) with your bank?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
1. Why do you think HMRC are unwilling to prosecute over these tax evasions?
 
Don't know
 
Bad publicity
 
Lose future money/business
 
Corruption
 
Too costly to prosecute
 
Not in the public interest
 
The Companies are too powerful
 
Waiting for people to pay what is owed voluntarily
 
 
 
2. What is your opinion on this recent HSBC scandal, both of the bank and the account holders caught evading tax?
 
Prosecute the bank and account holders
 
Negative opinion
 
No opinion (don't know)
 
Don't think it was wrong of them
 
UK needs better regulation/legislation
 
Give sentences relative to other crimes
 
 
 
3. What more do you think the government needs to do in order to reduce tax avoidance in the UK?
 
Make it illegal
 
Harsher punishments
 
Make tax system easier to understand/educate people
 
Be tougher on benefits
 
Reduce tax
 
Spend taxes more efficiently
 
Reorganise HMRC or make an authority to deal with such matters
 
No opinion/don't know
 
Enforce laws regardless of size/fame
 
Close legal loopholes
 
 
 
4. In relation to a question from the previous section, if you could invest in a tax avoidance scheme, what would be your reasons for doing so or for not investing in the scheme?
 
No (morally wrong)
 
No (don't have enough money)
 
No (no other explanation)
 
No (scared of prosecution/too risky)
 
No (public services)
 
Yes (everyone does it, why lose out)
 
Yes (I earned the money/to save my money/to pay less tax)
 
Yes (because taxes are not well spent/wasted)
 
Yes (stopping my money going to those on benefits)
 
Yes (if I had more money/was more wealthy)
 
Yes (don't feel obligated to pay more than necessary)
 
No opinion/don't know