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Hector has spent most of his working life in the tax industry. He likes a nice cup of tea, in moderation.
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Paradise Papers: perhaps tax ought to be more taxing?…

By Hector Inspector | Mon 20th November 2017 - 12:52 pm

Older readers may remember me, the first face of the Inland Revenue, as voiced by Sir Alec Guinness. I may be a distant memory, but I never left my desk.

The news in the lead up to this week’s Budget has been coloured by the Paradise Papers, as noted by David Becket in the comments sections when they first hit the headlines, who wondered why they haven’t been covered here. Well, in truth, tax policy is quite dull, and the issue of taxation of overseas holdings is rather more complex than is thought.

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