Not By a Long Chalk

It is an inexact world. Nothing conforms to the spec and that means we spend lots of time accommodating this fuzziness rather than getting on with the real business of life which as we all know is to enjoy ourselves. Bearing in mind the current debacle over PAYE (not that I've received a letter yet and I do not anticipate receiving one but there is still time) and the fact that there is at least a page of instruction for the amount of tax due on biscuits and cakes, it is time to raise my idea of simplifying the tax system. However when you realise that the distinction between cakes and biscuits when applied to just one particular item means the difference between The Government receiving £3.5 and not receiving it from just one retailer then the whole issue becomes a bit more difficult to call. Only it doesn't. The system just shows that the people who are responsible for working it out are not at all clever ... or bothered  ... or both. There is a requirement for tax and as long as some amount of money flows out of the Government end of the black box no one gets sacked. I think this should change. Only trouble is, the system cannot cope with even small change.