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A very accessible overview of the tax investigation process, 4 Jan 2000
This is a gem of a book. There are other books on the market on the subject of tax investigations in the UK, but they're mostly technical manuals for lawyers and accountants.Anyone who knows anyone who has ever gone through a tax investigation can tell you one thing: knowledge of the technical side is only a tiny part of the process - the rest is about how to behave, who to tell (and more important, who not to tell), how to deal with the Inland Revenue and how to cope emotionally. This book tackles all these areas. It's written in a simple A-Z format, which I don't usually like because A-Zs tend to be contrived, but this one works. It's written more for people who may face investigation, than for professionals. It deals with the human side - and there are some nice touches of humour. Check out some of the highlights: *Cartoons by Michael Heath (of The Spectator) - especially the ingenious one on 'body language' on page 42) *The ten golden rules (I liked "Don't try to destroy the evidence - it's usually unhelpful") *'Our all time favourite excuses' on page 18. This is a book I hope I never have cause to need personally, but if I ever did, I'm glad it exists... Philip Rubenstein
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