Business Economics 21 June 2012 Jimmy Carr apologises for his tax avoidance The comedian "made a terrible error of judgement" By Alex Hern [View the story “Jimmy Carr apologises for his tax avoidance” on Storify] Jimmy Carr apologises for his tax avoidance The comedian Jimmy Carr was revealed to have been avoiding tax by the Times on Monday. Yesterday afternoon, David Cameron said that what he had done was “morally wrong”. This morning, Carr apologised: Storified by Alex Hern · Thu, Jun 21 2012 03:36:11 I appreciate as a comedian, people will expect me to ‘make light’ of this situation, but I’m not going to in this statementJimmy Carr as this is obviously a serious matter.Jimmy Carr I met with a financial advisor and he said to me “Do you want to pay less tax? It’s totally legal.”I said “Yes.”Jimmy Carr I now realise I’ve made a terrible error of judgement.Jimmy Carr Although I’ve been advised the K2 Tax scheme is entirely legal, and has been fully disclosed to HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs),Jimmy Carr I’m no longer involved in it and will in future conduct my financial affairs much more responsibly. Apologies to everyone. Jimmy CarrJimmy Carr Morning Call Newsletter View all newsletters Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics By Stephen Bush Sign up here Sign up for The New Statesman’s newsletters Tick the boxes of the newsletters you would like to receive. Morning Call Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. The New Statesman Daily The best of the New Statesman, delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. World Review The New Statesman’s global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. This Week in Business A handy, three-minute glance at the week ahead in companies, markets, regulation and investment, landing in your inbox every Monday morning. The Culture Edit Our weekly culture newsletter – from books and art to pop culture and memes – sent every Friday. Weekly Highlights A weekly round-up of some of the best articles featured in the most recent issue of the New Statesman, sent each Saturday. From the archive A weekly dig into the New Statesman’s archive of over 100 years of stellar and influential journalism, sent each Wednesday. Events and Offers Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. I consent to New Statesman Media Group collecting my details provided via this form in accordance with the Privacy Policy Sign up SUBSCRIBED THANK YOU Thank you for subscribing. You will start to receive emails from The New Statesman.
