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Andrew Goodall reviews a BBC Radio debate on tax avoidance held on 6 June

 
Andrew Goodall reviews a BBC Radio debate on tax avoidance held on 6 June
 
BBC Radio Five Live's Julian Worricker programme marked the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings on a glorious Sunday 6 June. The 'Live News Live Sport' menu also featured the England cricket team heading for a nine-wicket victory at Headingley and two accountants discussing tax avoidance.
 
Reporter James Silver declared that there were 'plenty of euphemisms for legal tax avoidance'. It was 'otherwise known as tax planning' and it was how individuals or companies could legally 'side-step taxes by exploiting loopholes'. The big accountancy firms marketed clever 'tax planning products'.
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