Is tax planning immoral? As a tax lawyer, I get this question a lot. "Shouldn’t people just pay their fair share?" "Isn’t helping clients reduce tax through legal strategies just finding loopholes?" "Isn’t that… wrong?" Some even go online to publicly shame others for using tax benefits — the very incentives that countries themselves created to attract and retain talent. Here's what's interesting - I rarely see successful people who created something meaningful making the "fair share" argument. Those who make it rarely pay much or anything themselves. It's "fair share" only as long as others are the ones paying. Meanwhile, my clients — founders, investors, high-performing professionals — often pay 10, 100, or even 1,000 times more tax than the average person. I know I do. More importantly, critics forget something fundamental: States are powerful. Governments have virtually unlimited legal and financial resources. They can seize your assets. They can deprive you of your freed...