Tax law will be assimilated, and resistance really is futile
The consultation process over the EU’s ‘anti-hybrid’ rules ended last week and it rivalled Monty Python in its surreal complexity
Fellow Star Trek fans (okay, I’ve admitted it!) will recognise humankind’s nemesis, the Borg. In Trek-land, the Borg “assimilate” humans into a form of cyborg – not human and not machine, but having qualities of both.
On capture, the standard dictum issued by the antagonist is “we are Borg, you will be assimilated; resistance is futile”. Tax law will be assimilated this year.
We’ve just gone through a public consultation (another one!) in ...