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That reminds me…

Mark Lee explains here (it’s a PDF)why he gave up giving tax advice.A bit over a year ago I met Dave Hartnett with other Essex-based tax practitioners, and was disappointed by the degree to which he saw all of us as the enemy. There seemed almost a paranoia that we were all trying to do HMRC out of tax which was rightfully theirs. In reality, mostly what we do is ensure proper compliance by our clients and prevent their paying to HMRC more than is rightfully due to HMRC; these are entirely different matters.I … Continue Reading