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The accountant, the tax avoidance scheme and the magazine

I have a little yarn that might cheer up freelance readers struggling to get their paperwork ready for January's tax returns.

The tale involves Deloitte, the accountancy giant, a multi-million pound tax avoidance scheme known as Icebreaker and an article in Tax Advisor Magazine.

Back in May last year, Bill Dodwell, Deloitte's own head of tax policy wrote, with what appears to be  a hint of glee, about how the Icebreaker investment scheme had been turned over in the courts...