It is interesting how words that used to have one meaning have shifted into something else. There are numerous examples around, but when I was working in a tax department many years ago, tax avoidance was proper and legal and tax evasion illegal. As Dennis Healey, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer said: ‘The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.’ Read more »
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Laurence Slavin (41)Laurence Slavin is a partner with Ramsay Brown and Partners Chartered Accountants who look after more than 600 GP practices and 2,600 GPs. Laurence is also an author and writer on GP matters and lectures in the UK and overseas on medical finance. Follow him on twitter @laurieslavin
