How the Paradise Papers reveal the tension between rock stars and the tax man
- Written by Adam Behr, Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
“It’s one for you, 19 for me” ran George Harrison’s scabrous jibe at the “Taxman” in 1966, a bitter riposte to the 95% supertax that Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s Labour government had imposed on the very wealthy.
Although top rates of tax are now substantially lower across the developed world (under 50%...
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