Is being a tax adviser an honourable way to earn a living?
KEY POINTS
- Is there an evil conspiracy of tax advisers?
- The continuing relevance of legal decisions on avoidance.
- Tax advisers administer much of the tax system.
- Tax complexity encourages the search for loopholes.
- When does acceptable tax-saving become unacceptable?
My name is Sarah and I am a tax adviser. Clearly I cannot be proud to admit this shameful fact. If I were appearing on television I would be portrayed in silhouette only and an actor would speak my words. I was innocent once but I was lured into dabbling in tax while taking my degree. How could I realise that I was involved in something immoral?
All the people I worked with seemed nice and respectable; they talked about things like “professional ethics”. I had no idea I...
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