Thursday, March 03, 2011

OTS went boldly where no taxman has gone before

Direct quotes from Michael Jack's Forward in the first report of the Office for Tax Simplification.
“To boldly go where no man has gone before” was the proud boast of the crew of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise. I think that this phrase must have been in the Chancellor’s mind when, last July, he set us off on our voyage of discovery into the world of tax reliefs and allowances.

During our voyage of discovery (which has lasted a mere five months rather than the five years of USS Enterprise) we found...


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A variation on The Traitors - just for accountants

The Tax Avoiders  Twenty accountants gather in a grand country estate for what’s billed as “a professional ethics retreat.”  Unbeknownst to ...