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Both of the following articles are worth a look. Daniel Davies, a Guardian blogger and stockbroker, suggests that tax advisers might start getting their clients to pretend they’re Plymouth Brethren to take advantage of the new Alternatively Secured Pensions rules.

Meanwhile, Irwin Stelzer argues that Warren Buffett’s and Bill Gates’ philanthropy is really just one great big inheritance tax dodge that enables their descendants to retain power and patronage for generations, free of tax.

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