What Everyone Needs to Know about Tax : An Introduction to the UK Tax System

This book provides a good overview of the UK tax system. It is not a book that will help you save paying taxes but is more about how the system works. I love the part where the author deals with the idiosyncrasies of the VAT system and how a goat skin coat is zero-rated, or not, depending on the country that the goats come from.

wanted to know more and this certainly doesn't disappoint.

This book is exactly what it purports to be. Excellent information, written in an engaging manner.I recommend this to everyone who lives in the UK as essential reading. I would encourage the government to make this information part of our education system, but that would go against to golden rule of obscurity.

Informative, easy to read book. Contains important information everyone should have knowledge of.

This book does not try to, nor does it claim to tell you how to avoid tax or where the loopholes are currently. It explains example of somewhat hidden taxes ordinary working people won't have thought about, even for people in early entrepreneurship might not have though too much past the surface of taxation. Furthermore the book briefly explains the history and politics which lead to the taxes which we have today.The book is gripping and every page has information you just want to share with your friends, or in my case, friend. The book can be read at a basic knowledge of taxation and if you are at this stage, this book will give you a lot of information in simple terms in what can be a sometimes complex area. If you're already familiar with taxes, this book can offer you comical stories and history of the taxes as they've developed over the years.There are just two downsides of the book in my opinion. First is the author tirelessly drilling in the Three Golden Rules of Tax, it could just be me being overscrupulous, but rather than explaining the rules every time they are mentioned, I would prefer "This is an example of rule 3. Secondly the author's political bias sometimes comes through in the writing which is hard to tell if it is intended, the book would read better without having to critically think as to whether the material has agendas aside from explaining what I need to know about tax.