Bad reputation: the businesses that fell for the lure of tax evasion

Herein lie the ashes of your client’s reputation.

It is with a heavy heart that we report the sad demise of a previously strong business. Well-known and admired the owners succumbed to the temptation of tax evasion. Despite warnings and assistance attempts the company floundered and was left decimated once HMRC called out its lucrative set-up.

This June and July rival cricket teams England and Australia meet to play the legendary Ashes Test series. The prize? Glory! Oh yes and the award of a terracotta urn crafted to celebrate Reginald Shirley Brooks’ satirical obituary in the Sporting Times in which he lamented the 1882 death of English cricket. I couldn’t resist putting my spin on this old joke for you there.

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