James Thomson

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2,279 appearances 7 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 12 Jun

James Thomson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Alan, you sort of see this one.
You see the PwC tax leak scandal a few years ago.
There's all sorts of calls for reform, and again, nothing happens.
So I'm not convinced that something's going to happen this time either.
They're well plugged in.
I mean, most of them work for the government in some sort of consulting role.
But, you know, I guess they're big partnerships.
They're unusual sort of organizations and, you know, they're sort of big enough to be companies but they're not companies.
And I think there is some of the partnership structures are quite arcane.
You unpick one thing, you've got to fix another bunch of things.
So it seems to get chucked in the too hard basket, unfortunately.
Well, I guess we have super would be the answer, Alan, which is not tax-free but fairly tax-advantageous system of retirement savings.
And I think that's what the primary reason for the ISAs are, that they are retirement savings.
Do you know what the rules are with ISAs?
No, I don't.
And look, I mean…
Yeah, it's an interesting idea, Karen.
I guess what I hear a lot of as you go around the world, we obviously get to talk to lots of visiting people, you know, often countries have come up with ideas that try to replicate or mimic super.
And, you know, you speak to a lot of people from those countries, including Britain and the US, that they would just much rather the sort of holistic program of super we've got here.
But I take Karen's point.
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