"In every country there is a day when people stop working for the taxman and start earning for themselves," says a senior Eurocrat.

“每个国家都会有这么一天，从那一天起人们不再为征税人工作，而是开始为自己挣钱，”一位欧盟官员如是说。

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Sometimes charity is rooted in a wish to deprive the taxman and decide for yourself how your money should be spent: why break the habit of a lifetime?

有时候慈善是出于一种不把钱交给收税员而自己来处置的愿望：为什么要改变一生的习惯呢？

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UBS seems to have crossed the line, either by helping some clients set up dummy companies and sham accounts to hide money from the taxman, or by turning a blind eye when they did.

不论是帮助一些客户设立秘密代营企业和虚假账户进行逃税，还是在客户做这些事情的时候装聋作哑，瑞银集团撞上了高压线。

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For example, Starbucks UK pays a 6% royalty (this was actually lowered to 4.7% when the taxman took a close look at it) to another Dutch subsidiary of the American parent company.

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The club argued their hands were tied as the taxman refused a one-off sum.

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It is as though ducking and diving to avoid the taxman is a national sport, a cultural trait that is as old as the Gods on Mount Olympus.

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