If your tax preparer tells you that, thanks to deductions written into tax law, you only need to pay half as much tax, do you tell them &quot;no, leave the deductions off, I want to do my civic duty&quot;?<p>In this case, the UK government disagreed with the interpretation of those deductions, leading to a dispute that this article reports the resolution of.  But that doesn&#x27;t seem like any reason to claim that it&#x27;s the &quot;civic duty&quot; of anyone, person or corporation, to pay more tax than they absolutely have to.