Today’s headlines: these two stories:
www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/31/plans-to-relax-accounting-rules-for-small-uk-firms-risks-rise-in-economic
… critics said the government was exaggerating the burden on firms, and that the proposals risked weakening efforts to combat economic crime, given that small firms have been at the heart of a number of money laundering, fraud and tax evasion scandals.
When you look at many of the scandals involving money laundering, what do we find? Lots of small businesses, small companies, used for that purpose,” said Lord Prem Sikka, emeritus professor of accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield.
...and ...
www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/31/civil-service-fast-stream-graduate-scheme-paused-cut-roles
… where HMRC recruits and trains staff engaged in ... investigating fraud and tax evasion.
Lack of joined-up thinking or deliberately orchestrated?
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