Sir, as a chartered accountant I must say that the scandal regarding tax avoidance schemes is a rare case of positive PR for my profession. Rather than condescendingly being labelled as dreary 'bean-counters' we are now described as clever and innovative. Every cloud has a silver lining.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Full of beans
I was taken by this letter in the paper earlier in the year. sent by Gareth Tarr of Chertsey:
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