When a person’s tax affairs become a public matter

Tax privacy is an entitlement that can be withdrawn

Few enough taxpayers will want to be publicised as tax fraudsters, and the reputational damage for a business can be enough to force the doors closed.

In an increasingly suspicious world, it seems reasonable that if an individual’s actions or interests are clear and out in the open, they have legitimacy.

Over the years, we have devised procedures to ensure our decision-makers disclose any otherwise private matters that might prompt them to act in their own self-interest.