Accountants must help tax avoiders, rules judge | The Times
Don't panic! is the message despite avoidance scheme ruling - 07 Jun 2013 - Accountancy Age
The accountancy profession was thrown into turmoil yesterday after a High Court judge appeared to rule that practitioners had a duty to advise wealthy clients to avoid tax.
Hossein Mehjoo, an Iranian refugee who built up a multimillion-pound fashion business in Britain, successfully sued his local accountancy firm for £1.4 million after it failed to advise him to enter an offshore tax avoidance scheme.
Hossein Mehjoo, an Iranian refugee who built up a multimillion-pound fashion business in Britain, successfully sued his local accountancy firm for £1.4 million after it failed to advise him to enter an offshore tax avoidance scheme.
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