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How to make the rich pay more tax

The answer is a simpler system with flatter rates

9 April 2016

9:00 AM

9 April 2016

9:00 AM

The 11 million documents leaked from Panama lawyers Mossack Fonseca tell us much that we know already. It’s hardly news that the Central American state is a popular destination for those who dislike paying tax. But to obsess about this aspect of the story, as so many did this week, would be to miss the most striking discovery, which is just how many politicians and government officials have been using Panama to disguise their extraordinary wealth.

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