article_snippet: the Chancellor will promise to make tax dodging as unacceptable as drink-driving, increase the personal tax allowance to £12,500 and targeting the wealthy instead of cutting spending.
article_snippet: Saturday Mr Alexander will rule out any extra increases to VAT, income tax or national insurance, but demand tax rises on the wealthy.
article_snippet: Saturday Mr Alexander promised a crackdown on tax dodgers, saying a crackdown on tax dodgers should become as socially unacceptable as drink-driving.
article_snippet: In the wake of the HSBC scandal Saturday Mr Alexander said: 'As recent weeks have shown yet again, nothing upsets law-abiding taxpayers more than people who think they can evade paying the tax they owe. '
article_snippet: Paying the tax they owe isn't an optional extra - it's a legal requirement.
article_snippet: Quite rightly, benefit fiddling is a crime and a social taboo.
article_snippet: For too long, tax evasion has been seen by the rich and privileged more like a sport than the crime it is. '
article_snippet: So in our future vision, there'll be even more measures to crack down hard on the tax dodgers.'
article_snippet: Saturday Mr Alexander continued: 'I want to see those who aid, abet, facilitate or encourage tax evasion hit as hard with criminal and financial penalties as the tax evaders themselves.
highlights_snippet: Will include tax raids on the wealthy and raising tax threshold to £12,500 .