Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
Hence my observation So why haven't they fixed it?

The whole legal system is full of holes that honourable members of the Bar regularly exploit.
They haven't fixed it due to it requiring parliament to severely curtail HMRC's powers.

The quickest way to fix it is to go through the ridiculously large number of tax guidelines and simplify them. Do that and the likes of Corbyn will funnily enough play politics with it.