Tax boss charged with alleged £5m HMRC fraud

[TheFaQQer]

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A former president of one of the UK's largest tax bodies has been charged with a £5m tax fraud.

Andrew Meeson, until last week the president of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT), was among four people charged yesterday with conspiracy to cheat the Inland Revenue.

It is as yet unclear exactly what HMRC is accusing the four of doing. Meeson, 50, from Wolverhampton, and his colleagues Peter Bradley, Alison Bradley and Steven Price all ran a company which provided administration services for pension schemes. Tax advisers pointed out that tax benefits relating to pension schemes are very heavily regulated by the tax authorities.

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That's the way to do it...

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That's the way to do it...

None of this "Hi, I'm new, can I claim my White Lightning/3 grand mountain bike/50" flatscreen on expenses?"

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Isn't it funny how, once informed of some alleged offence, one can look at a picture and immediately think "he looks shifty".

ATT president steps down over HMRC investigation - 27 Oct 2011 - Accountancy Age

I am convinced that the great majority of crimes could be prevented by computer analysis of faces, most obviously white youths with little piggy eyes are always louts, fat women who are noticeably wider in the lower half of the face are benefits cheats. Possibly the technology could be advanced to recognise these features in infants, then they could be slung in jail immediately after they are born to save on court costs.