Friday, October 12, 2007

Welcome to tax0r

The intention of this blog is to examine various smart, and not-so-smart, tax avoidance and minimisation strategies that have been employed over the years and in different jurisdictions and sometimes also to pass comment on various tax, finance and accounting-related matters.

The title 'tax0r' is a play on the IT/information security term 'hax0r'. I see strong parallels between tax planning and hacking: both involve understanding complex systems better than the designers of those systems in a way that allows one to exploit inconsistencies or discontinuities to achieve unexpected outcomes and both are often an intellectual battleground for some sharp minds.

Hopefully you will derive some value, whether it be in the form of amusement, ideas, shock or even a minimal understanding of what happens out there, from this work.

Enjoy the ride!

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