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In the days before an election, BBC Scotland’s comparison only of tax bills deliberately hides the reasons things are so much better here for almost everyone
BBC UK yesterday has a report clearly meant to influence voters, with an analysis of the tax burden in Scotland and England, using two highly paid tax advisers and ignoring, until a wee bit at the very end for ‘balance’, every other factor, financial and other, in their lives. It allows them to start with – Senior tax manager Scott McIver (above), who lives in Dumfries, pays more tax than his colleague working in a similar role in Carlisle Why i…
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