Clay shooting boss accused of tax fiddle while organising Olympics bid

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  The wealthy owner of a clay shooting club dodged paying £1.4million in tax while organising a bid to host the 2012 Olympics, a court heard today (TUES). Businessman Peter Duffield, 62, failed to fill in his self-assessment forms for more than seven years between 2007 and 2015 despite earning a total of £4.4million. He later claimed he was ‘hopeless at paperwork’ and was distracted by his plan to turn the Dartford Clay Shooting Club in Kent into a venue…

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