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The credit crunch in 2008 and<br />
the resulting financial crisis<br />
didn’t impact us<br />
immediately (as with<br />
many businesses in the<br />
financial sector) but<br />
the UK government’s<br />
desire to address the<br />
deficit by collecting<br />
more tax sparked<br />
an increased<br />
interest in tax<br />
policy from the<br />
media and<br />
general public.<br />
2015<br />
2016+<br />
The “Jimmy Carr”<br />
furore in 20<strong>12</strong> was<br />
the beginning <strong>of</strong> a<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>ound shift in<br />
public sentiment<br />
towards the tax<br />
industry, and in the<br />
Summer <strong>of</strong> 2013 the<br />
government duly<br />
announced plans to<br />
introduce new measures in<br />
the form <strong>of</strong> a “General Anti<br />
Avoidance Rule” (later<br />
renamed “General Anti Abuse<br />
Rule” and referred to as the “GAAR”).<br />
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