Ep 273: Silvana Van der Velde - World's Worst Tax

*Buy tickets to Barry's upcoming play Breeding here: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding* There's only three certainties in life: death, taxes and the irresistible trundle of the neverending stream of podcasts. We bring you two of the dreaded horsemen this week, as nominated by our Patreon donor Peter Schaub and there was only ever one expert we could ask for this topic: the finest tax lawyer in the West, Ben's actual wife, Silvana. She makes a compelling case for the intricacies of VAT being a Lewis Carrol-esque world of nonsense, while Ben and Barry bring their A-game chatting about all the daft things that have been taxed in history from beards to balloons through to playing cards, cowardice and homemade liquid gold... Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @benvandervelde  Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com