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A matter of grey matter
Mar 20, 2008, 09:23 AM
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Mar 20, 2008, 09:23 AM
Wow!
Some people are keen on tax.
I mean, very, very keen.
In fact, they're tantalised by the subject; enchanted, even.
This week, I was on an ATT course, studying capital gains tax.
I arrived at class each morning at 8.30 in preparation for a 9am start - and I was surprised not only to find that several fellow students were already there, but also that they were working heatedly on CGT exercises.
I felt almost guilty when I coolly whipped out The Guardian quick crossword and a bacon roll.
And I was vaguely sheepish at break times and during the lunch hour, when instead of joining others in conversation about 1982 share pooling and such like, I sat reading a good book (Alice Munro's The View from Castle Rock, since you ask).
I just couldn't keep up with that intense level of chat, you see.
The truth is, I'm a journalist, a wordsmith, a writer; dare I say, an artist? (Yes, I dare!)
I'm a left-half-of-the-brain sort.
All power to you right-siders.
To return to Taxation.co.uk, click here.
Some people are keen on tax.
I mean, very, very keen.
In fact, they're tantalised by the subject; enchanted, even.
This week, I was on an ATT course, studying capital gains tax.
I arrived at class each morning at 8.30 in preparation for a 9am start - and I was surprised not only to find that several fellow students were already there, but also that they were working heatedly on CGT exercises.
I felt almost guilty when I coolly whipped out The Guardian quick crossword and a bacon roll.
And I was vaguely sheepish at break times and during the lunch hour, when instead of joining others in conversation about 1982 share pooling and such like, I sat reading a good book (Alice Munro's The View from Castle Rock, since you ask).
I just couldn't keep up with that intense level of chat, you see.
The truth is, I'm a journalist, a wordsmith, a writer; dare I say, an artist? (Yes, I dare!)
I'm a left-half-of-the-brain sort.
All power to you right-siders.
To return to Taxation.co.uk, click here.
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