Should the super-rich be made to pay more tax?

IT IS not a democracy when those with money, power, influence or fame can subvert what should be morally and legally correct. Everyone should pay their fair share of tax. It is also clear that despite the hand-wringing, politicians do not seem willing to engage with this problem. Only little people pay tax. I worked all my life, paid tax without complaint and never tried to evade my obligations, and am now paying tax on my pension. RICHARD STEER, Hartlepool, Co. Durham. WHILE the Paradise Papers have uncovered legal, but unacceptable, behaviour, they prove yet again that business people are a lot better at handling money than politicians. TONY CLARK, Leicester. WHY criticise the Queen’s tax arrangements? She is also the monarch of the Cayman Islands and is not doing anything illegal. Surely your financial advisers are supposed to increase your assets? V. CRISPIN, Rickmansworth, Herts. THE people shouting the loudest for a crackdown on tax havens tend to be the very people who mis-spend the taxes we already pay. Those responsible for the public purse have no idea of the waste and inefficiency they oversee. Whatever your view on taxes and morality, efficient spending should go hand in hand with effective revenue raising. ANGUS LONG, Newcastle upon Tyne. IF IT’S not illegal to keep money offshore, why the fuss? Sour grapes? GLENNIS EDMONDS, Fleet, Hants. THERE but for low interest rates go I. Don’t we all dream of holding a multi-million-pound investment on a tropical island? A. STUPPLES, Wigan, Lancs.