And UK law recognised that: even to the extent that a bribe was an allowable expense on a corporate tax return.

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Five more are under construction or approved by the J-Class Association, which requires class members to build the boats according to pre-1939 plans with a few allowable deviations.

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Something entirely normal in Russia, something that is almost unheard of in the general experience in the UK. Indeed, it used to be true that for a UK company then bribes paid to foreigners were a tax allowable expense but something that you went to jail for if you tried it on in England.

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