Article 196 the onus of proofshall be upon the party claiming in general average to show that theloss or expense claimed is properly allowable as general average.
In the past taxpayers generally had to pay the IRS the total value of all their assets plus 60 times their net monthly income after using the IRS strict allowableexpense standards.
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 allowableexpense but something that you went to jail for if you tried it on in England.