>>Any self employed person I've have known has had a clever accountant to see that they pay as little tax as they can. Not a minority in any way.
I have never known a clever Accountant. The Accountant makes the books from the figures that the Businessman gives him. The Business man signs them off (as his responsibility).
The Businessman takes his pay, pays it into the bank, sets his expenses against it and bingo the rest can surely be worked out by anyone.
The Revenue are not thick, far from it. If all your self employed mates are having it away then they are lucky and have not been noticed, but it is teenage mathematics to be able to work out whether someone is 'at it' or not. 50K in. 40k out. Big mortgage and nice car don't stack. Blame the revenue I say. Personally have never risked it and never would as Spanish law then applies. I.E. Guilty until proven innocent.
I have also looked at the big mouth folk who claim (in public usually) that they are 'having it away' and to be fair they have naff all and have earnt far less than that.
Reality has a habit of being real!
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