This is a response to the consultation document of 17 August 2016 by the Tax Law Review Committee, which is Chaired by Malcolm Gammie (CBE, QC) and hosted by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. A letter was also sent to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

From an economic point of view, legal considerations apart, tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax flight have similar effects, namely a reduction of revenue yields, and are based on the same desire to reduce the tax burden. Due to legal differences and moral concerns it is, however, likely that...