These are my links for February 26th:
re: The Auditors: PwC “Advisory Services” Layoff - PWC is feeling the pinch. Things must be tough in the real economy.
CIoT mounts attack on tax rewrite project - Accountancy Age - Do you want simplicity, or not? Time to make up your minds
Major firm wouldn’t touch Rock valuation ‘with [...]
The 100 Group of FTSE finance directors has apparently told Alastair Darling:
For members of the Hundred Group, tax is increasing faster than GDP, faster than inflation and faster than the rate at which overall tax receipts are increasing. I think not just the Hundred Group but business more widely would be severely disappointed if we [...]
Another batch of commentators from the Right who find my style irritating have been seeking to get their remarks on this site. Many do so by being abusive, by offering false identities or by simply stating that I am wrong, without offering argument as to why that is the case.
For their benefit, and that of [...]
Just watch, laugh and then realise (as usual) that these guys are hitting the nail bang on the head.
Especially the last comment, so don’t give up before the end.
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It’s now clear that HMRC have bought data on those using Liechtenstein from the same source as the German security service. They may, indeed, have paid the German security service for that data.
I have given more interviews on this today. The focus seems threefold. First, is it legal? Answer, yes it is, HMRC can do [...]
John Whiting of PricewaterhouseCoopers has told the BBC:
It has an image of being secretive but it is major financial centre. An awful lot of extremely reputable business goes on there
Well he would say that, of course. His firm is there. But what is it that you do there exactly John? And why does a legitimate [...]
Nick Cohen has responded to all those (and there were quite a lot of them mysteriously mainly from tax havens) who defended Liechtenstein in the pages of the FT last week. As he put it:
All missed the point that tax havens are inherently criminal and would go under without the proceeds of crime.
And, as he [...]
The Business Spectator in Australia has said:
Tax havens are to those engaged in tax evasion what fences are to thieves. Tax evasion is a crime. It’s not harmless cleverness and fun; it’s theft from the community you live in.
Those who engage in it, and those who facilitate it, are criminals.
It is time that the more [...]
The Sovereign Society says Liechtenstein is one of the top five tax havens in the world for privacy, asset protection, investment opportunities, and lifestyle benefits.
Most of the world is saying it’s just a den of thieves.
What does that say about the Sovereign Society?
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These are my links for February 23rd:
How bidders’ battle for Northern Rock turned into a race that no one could be allowed to win - Times Online - Which blows apart the idea that Granite cannot impact on Northern Rock
FT.com / World - Germany to ‘tighten screws’ on tax havens - As I said [...]
