I have recently been in touch with someone who believes that they can refuse to pay tax due to it being spent in a manner they consider illegal. There was more to their plans, including setting up a structure that would allow them to set the money aside for HMRC's benefit without actually paying it. I have gracefully declined the opportunity to set up the structure on the basis it would involve expertise outside my field.
However, this conversation has stirred a memory. I seem to recall that someone had already brought a case where they refused to pay at least some of their tax because they objected to how it was spent. (their objection being to spending on weapons). I was wondering if anyone else recalled such a case and, even better, would be able to provide a name or link to details.
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There's a town in Wales that decided to offshore themselves as well recently. Not sure how they got on with that.
How are they able to tell whether THEIR tax is being spent on weapons. Maybe it is other people's tax that is being spent on weapons, and THEIR tax is being used to fund health services.
If there is a case on the record where this issue has been decided the taxpayer can't have won, because it would have opened the floodgates and we would all have heard about it.
This might be useful
There was an accountant and former AWEB member Roy Prockter who took something like this to court. He died a couple of years ago.
http://www.conscienceonline.org.uk/2012/03/roy-prockter-update/