Tax ethics have never been as important as they are now
Thursday, October 15th, 2020I made a presentation to the Tax Co-op meeting, based in Montréal, at 10 pm last night on the subject of tax ethics. I said
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When will accountants take tax avoidance seriously?
Monday, January 6th, 2020The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has issued a new code of ethics. It’s 200 pages long. It does not mention tax
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Ethical accounting: The August Taxcast
Friday, August 30th, 2019In this month’s Tax Justice Network Taxcast, ethics and accountancy — yes they can go together! Plus: as Britain sinks into full crisis-mode over Brexit
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Fair Tax Councils
Thursday, July 11th, 2019The Fair Tax Mark has just announced this development in its work. I am a director of the Fair Tax Mark: The Fair Tax Mark
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There are record levels of concern about the tax behaviour of business
Friday, July 5th, 2019This post was originally on the Fair Tax Mark web site. The Fair Tax Mark is holding its annual conference today. I am a founder-director
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Why do the Big 4 accountants survive?
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019I was asked very recently why it was that the big 4 firms of accountants survive. This is an issue I have been considering with
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Accountancy, corruption, ethics and offshore
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018I spent a fascinating afternoon yesterday with Prof Dan Ostas of the University of Oklahoma. We weren’t near a prairie. Instead we sat by the
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Fair Tax is here to stay
Friday, June 8th, 2018I was speaking at the Fair Tax Mark conference yesterday, as noted here. Just for fun I dressed as a chartered accountant for the day (we
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The sad fact is that professional ethics are not enough to make accountants comply with the law
Wednesday, March 14th, 2018Two reports have come to my attention that highlight just how the world really sees the accountancy profession. The first was from Reuters, yesterday and
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