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Authors: Keith Armstrong
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all the top manufacturers? Companies like Mercedes, BMW, Porsche as well as the typical family car like Ford, Toyota and Nissan.”
“We will require twelve cars mostly top of the range Mercedes, but a couple of my senior people want Porches’ and I will have the finalised list shortly.”
Millers eyes opened wide with delight, it wasn’t every day he got a call with a potential order worth almost three quarters of a million pounds.
“However Mr Miller firstly there is something I need to mention, that is that it will have to be a cash deal, does this present a problem for you?”
Miller liked the deal even more now; he could hardly contain his excitement.
“Not at all Mr Reichert, it makes no difference to us how people pay, it all goes through our books as we are a completely legitimate company. But can I ask why pay in cash?”
“Well John, can I call you John? Our people are some of the top men in their field. They will be here on contract in the UK for two years, and will pay during this time a huge amount of personal taxation. We as a company like to shield them from as much additional taxation as we can, so each of them will have a luxury car during their stay, but the cars will all be owned by a foundation and with some creative in house accounting the cars will be invisible.
The money will probably come from one of our Asian companies, it will be in large bills, but if you feel uncomfortable with this say so now and we will terminate this discussion.”
“Not at all Richard, when can meet to put pen to paper?”
“Firstly I will not put pen to paper, I will give you a large deposit, say ten per cent and the balance when the cars arrive. The transaction has to be transparent, the cars will all be registered in one of our officials names, and all the sale documents will reflect this, is this ok with you?”
“Absolutely, how can I get in touch with you?”
“Well it’s like this John, I am travelling to Korea tomorrow and will be away for about six to eight weeks, but on my return I will contact you and I will give you the order, along with the deposit. How long will it take you to get the cars in?”
“Not long, within two weeks from order and deposit we will have them all in stock. They will come from the continent direct, as soon as I place the order, my associates will act on it.”
“That’s great, but I must stress that this whole transaction has to be done in the strictest of confidence, and I need your assurance on that point.”
“You have my word on that, my word is my bond and I look forward to your return from Korea, goodbye Richard.”
“On that note I will say goodbye John and will be in touch with you when I get back.”
Miller put down the phone and he was shaking with excitement, they must have some good accountants if they could bury that amount of cash and avoid benefit in kind for all these employees, still it wasn’t for him to reason why.
Miller had been in the car business since leaving school fifty years previously.
He came from a poor working class family, his father had worked as a coalminer at Agecroft Colliery near Manchester from the age of twelve, and his mother was a cleaner for one of the well to do families in the area.
He was an only child, quite bright at school and was ambitious, but lack of money meant that his family couldn’t afford a better education for him, so he had to go to the local National School and to survive on his wits.
He had first started work as an apprentice panel beater when he was fifteen at a local crash repairs garage. He then graduated to sales for a couple of years, until he went on his own selling cars to the unsuspecting general public from a small showroom in Bury. Gradually he built up his business interests, moving to bigger and better premises, as he progressed up the ladder of success and he had been very successful in a wide range of activities.
He was a tall man about six feet three inches, but over his lifetime
“We will require twelve cars mostly top of the range Mercedes, but a couple of my senior people want Porches’ and I will have the finalised list shortly.”
Millers eyes opened wide with delight, it wasn’t every day he got a call with a potential order worth almost three quarters of a million pounds.
“However Mr Miller firstly there is something I need to mention, that is that it will have to be a cash deal, does this present a problem for you?”
Miller liked the deal even more now; he could hardly contain his excitement.
“Not at all Mr Reichert, it makes no difference to us how people pay, it all goes through our books as we are a completely legitimate company. But can I ask why pay in cash?”
“Well John, can I call you John? Our people are some of the top men in their field. They will be here on contract in the UK for two years, and will pay during this time a huge amount of personal taxation. We as a company like to shield them from as much additional taxation as we can, so each of them will have a luxury car during their stay, but the cars will all be owned by a foundation and with some creative in house accounting the cars will be invisible.
The money will probably come from one of our Asian companies, it will be in large bills, but if you feel uncomfortable with this say so now and we will terminate this discussion.”
“Not at all Richard, when can meet to put pen to paper?”
“Firstly I will not put pen to paper, I will give you a large deposit, say ten per cent and the balance when the cars arrive. The transaction has to be transparent, the cars will all be registered in one of our officials names, and all the sale documents will reflect this, is this ok with you?”
“Absolutely, how can I get in touch with you?”
“Well it’s like this John, I am travelling to Korea tomorrow and will be away for about six to eight weeks, but on my return I will contact you and I will give you the order, along with the deposit. How long will it take you to get the cars in?”
“Not long, within two weeks from order and deposit we will have them all in stock. They will come from the continent direct, as soon as I place the order, my associates will act on it.”
“That’s great, but I must stress that this whole transaction has to be done in the strictest of confidence, and I need your assurance on that point.”
“You have my word on that, my word is my bond and I look forward to your return from Korea, goodbye Richard.”
“On that note I will say goodbye John and will be in touch with you when I get back.”
Miller put down the phone and he was shaking with excitement, they must have some good accountants if they could bury that amount of cash and avoid benefit in kind for all these employees, still it wasn’t for him to reason why.
Miller had been in the car business since leaving school fifty years previously.
He came from a poor working class family, his father had worked as a coalminer at Agecroft Colliery near Manchester from the age of twelve, and his mother was a cleaner for one of the well to do families in the area.
He was an only child, quite bright at school and was ambitious, but lack of money meant that his family couldn’t afford a better education for him, so he had to go to the local National School and to survive on his wits.
He had first started work as an apprentice panel beater when he was fifteen at a local crash repairs garage. He then graduated to sales for a couple of years, until he went on his own selling cars to the unsuspecting general public from a small showroom in Bury. Gradually he built up his business interests, moving to bigger and better premises, as he progressed up the ladder of success and he had been very successful in a wide range of activities.
He was a tall man about six feet three inches, but over his lifetime
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