So, after three years of negotiation, EDS has agreed to pay the Revenue £71.25 million in compensation. Though a small puddle of piss next to the £4
But! The Public Accounts Committee [Warning! Not an exciting link] points out in its report today that of that £71.25 million fine, £26.5 million—nearly 40 per cent—will only be paid to the Revenue if EDS is awarded further government contracts.
In other words, you’ve done such an amazingly shit job that the only way you’ll be able to afford to compensate us is if we keep employing you. This is a fantastic idea. If only I’d thought of it in my years of temping. “I can't believe you actually burnt our building down. Now we have to keep you on until you’re 50.”
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