I’m not sure I buy into this by Greg Philo and in yesterday’s Guardian yet, largely because it is probably too simplistic, but it has
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I noted the demise of the Audit Commission on Friday, and said: The audit functions of the Commission will be moved to the private sector.
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Jesse Norman MP writing in the FT says: [W]hat we need now is a new voluntary code promising a modest across-the-board rebate [on PFI costs].
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Insurer RSA is bidding to buy Aviva’s general insurance business. Aviva is, of course, the daft name for Norwich Union. It is still heavily based
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The FT notes: Barclays has agreed to pay $298m to US authorities to settle investigations relating to transactions that the bank facilitated between countries facing
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This came to my attention from the Christian web site Ekklesia, largely I admit because I am mentioned in it, but that’s not the reason
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From the Guardian’s letters page this morning: I note that £238m of PAYE was overpaid in 2009-10, up 148% on the previous year. This couldn’t
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I have suggested before, and I will suggest again, that transfer pricing is  contributor to the tax gap. Oddly (!) the tax profession — and
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The Independent has reported this morning: However, Richard Murphy, the director of Tax Research UK, estimates that Sir Philip saved £285m in tax by paying
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