Albert Einstein himself said the hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax. Tax is a serious issue and every company and individual is required to comply with the tax laws of the country. No one is above the law, not even famous soccer player, Lionel Messi, who was convicted of tax fraud to the the tune of £4.1m which equates to roughly R65,950,980. While he might be lucky enough to get away without serving actual jail time, that is not always the case for the average Joe. We all know the story of one of the most famous gangesters in history, Al Capone, who committed all manner of crimes but managed to stealthily evade the law. That is, until he was brought down by Elliot Ness, a dynamic young agent of the US Prohibition Bureau, on charges of tax evasion after having amassed a personal fortune estimated at $100 million.
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