16 Jun 2014

Prosecute Tax Avoidance Advisors, says MP

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Charlie Elphicke MP, a former tax lawyer, says that lawyers and accountants who promote aggressive tax avoidance schemes should face criminal prosecution.

“There’s long been a tendency to think it’s all very clever. It’s not clever. It’s ripping off hardworking people who do the right thing and pay their due,” he stated.

Source: The Times

We say: It’s like Snow White told them when they started poking fun at Dopey. It isn’t big and it isn’t clever.