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Smoking hot beefcake

ANDORRA IS NOT a tax haven, oh no. It ceased to be a non-cooperative tax jurisdiction in 2014 and now bills itself as “A Compliant Low Tax Country to Live and Do Business In”

Actually, Andorra looks less like a country than an immense service station with mountains, but whilst it may no longer be such a draw for fiscal freedom fighters it has retained its status as Europe’s number one hair-transplant hotspot.

Clearly there’s a connection between male-pattern baldness, stupid cars and dodgy accounting, but unless you’re the sort of person who enjoys driving a red

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