Key legal question
Whether multiple tax fraud convictions for the company years 2002-2005 were lawful despite losses and later profit effects
Extracted holding
The convictions were upheld; tax fraud is completed by submitting false accounts with intent to deceive, and intent may also relate to future tax years through loss carryforwards.
Extracted reasoning
The offence does not require an actual underassessment in the same period. Because loss carryforwards are possible, fraudulent intent may exist even when the company shows losses in the relevant year.