Ep 273: Silvana Van der Velde - World's Worst Tax

Published: April 17, 2023, midnight

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There\'s only three certainties in life: death, taxes and the irresistible trundle of the neverending stream of podcasts. We bring you two of the dreaded horsemen this week, as nominated by our Patreon donor Peter Schaub and there was only ever one expert we could ask for this topic: the finest tax lawyer in the West, Ben\'s actual wife, Silvana.

She makes a compelling case for the intricacies of VAT being a Lewis Carrol-esque world of nonsense, while Ben and Barry bring their A-game chatting about all the daft things that have been taxed in history from beards to balloons through to playing cards, cowardice and homemade liquid gold...

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