‘If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat,
If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet’
‘Cause I’m the Taxman, oh yeah, the Taxman,
And you’re working for no one but ME’
George Harrison was prescient. But IIRC, the taxes in Britain were off the wall. Another line of the song goes ‘If 5% appears too small, be thankful I don’t take it all’. The income tax on higher earners, like The Beatles, was 95% in the 60’s.
Right, which is why savvy groups like the Stones incorporated in low tax countries and got their money out of Britain.