Ten key tax questions for accountants

1. Why is simplification such a long word? 
2. Do you have a tax conscience? It's that small inner voice that tells you that the Special Civil Investigation Office will be writing to you. 
3. If taxes are the answer, what was the question? 
4. Why is it that HMRC can make 'mistakes' but taxpayers are always negligent? 
5. Why are tax laws like a Haggis? They are both the the result of bloody processes; the end result is a mystery and you wouldn't want to watch either being made. 
6. Is it true that HMRC believes that the generation of names for random audit is too important to be left to chance? 
7. Why should we encourage clients to check their tax returns before breakfast? Then nothing worse can happen to them all day. 
8. Is it really due to taxation, that clients find it increasingly difficult to reconcile their net incomes with their gross habits?
9. Is the Eiffel Tower a warning as to what will happen to Canary Wharf after taxes? 
10. Has the self assessment system resulted in the UK becoming a land of untold wealth?