FSB complains over tax advert

A FORMAL complaint has been submitted by the Federation of Small Businesses to the Advertising Standards Authority over an advert placed by HM Revenue and Customs.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th Jan 2006, 00:00 BST

The advert, publicising a hotline to report self-employed people who do not pay their taxes, depicts a plumber hiding under a kitchen sink.

The accompanying text - the source of FSB's complaint - reads: "With your help, we'll make sure self-employed people who don't pay their tax have nowhere to hide..."

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The FSB's Scottish policy convener, , Andy Willox, said: "We are disappointed that a campaign that could have gained widespread support has instead resorted to a clumsy advert that tars all of the UK's 2.72 million self-employed people with the same brush. We find it particularly offensive that the implication is that all self-employed people do not pay their taxes."

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