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Post by Soutpeel on Jul 24, 2017 11:56:50 GMT 7
The Beatles' accountant 50 years on: 'They were scruffy boys who didn't want to pay tax' In The Beatles’ 1966 song Taxman, George Harrison berates Harold Wilson’s proposed 95pc “supertax” on the UK’s highest earners. “If 5pc appears too small,” he sings bitterly, “be grateful I don’t take it all.” But there was one man to whom the Fab Four were genuinely thankful for keeping their Revenue bill down: their accountant, Harry Pinsker. Many people claim to have been in The Beatles’ inner circle, but Pinsker truly was. From 1961 to 1970 he oversaw their finances, set up their companies, helped buy their homes, and even signed off their grocery shopping. www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/beatles-accountant-50-years-scruffy-boys-didnt-want-pay-tax/
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