Letters: Revenue staff don't go for easy options

Jackie Ashley is right to be astonished at the size of the UK tax gap (Firms must pay their fair share of tax – this is war, 3 December) but is wrong to say "HMRC comes down heavily on the easy targets" and to suggest that "if you are big enough you don't pay your taxes". Yes, the powerful and wealthy can afford to hire armies of advisers to avoid tax. That will never change, and MPs are also very wrong if they think Britain's tax-gatherers cannot match those they are up against. Senior t...