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13 December 2006 / John T Newth
Issue: 4088 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
JOHN T NEWTH FCA, FTII, FIIT, ATT compiles the unusual, the bizarre and the politically correct in his review of 2006.

UK TAXATION HAS not given us too much to laugh about during the past year. We have had enabling letters and now intervention letters. What's next — exploding letters?
Things are a little more interesting the other side of the Channel. First tax officers in the Dordogne area were targeting British expatriates in their quest to sell a state-owned chateau worth £680 000. In the same geographical area the French have set up their first English speaking tax office. How about a French speaking tax office in England? 'Allo Allo — ici Dave Hartnett'.

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While in a queue approaching passport control at Heathrow Airport I heard the gentleman behind me say 'I wish I had brought my piano with me'. 'What on earth for?' asked his wife. 'Because my passport is on it ' he replied. Others...

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