Understandably, discussions of this nature tend to focus on how much tax certain people have avoided paying. Don't we also need to know how much tax the same people have actually paid to come to a balanced view on how much they have contributed to society financially?
Yes, I get the argument that avoiding paying the maximum amount of tax you could be liable for if you didn't utilise legal 'tax efficiency' schemes is morally questionable, but if we knew how much tax they *haven't* avoided paying it might add some context to the discussion.
At a higher level, we know that the top 1% pay c.25% of tax overall. Some might say that sounds 'fair', on the surface...?
There again, maybe not.