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Do tax practitioners need to exercise moral judgement?

18-Jul-06

Over at AccountingWEB Rebecca Bennyworth has posted a thoughtful piece on whether tax practitioners have to exercise moral judgement in the course of their work. She has been slated for by some commentators, but I think her piece reflects the real confusion that exists in this area, and on which all the professional bodies (in […]

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Too good a comment to hide

17-Jul-06

Dennis Howlett’s comment on the Apple article below is too good to be hidden away in the comments section. He wrote:
My iPod says: Designed in California, Assembled in China. I suppose we’ve now to add: Tax paid in Ireland.
I think that’s a classic.
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Apple does a Microsoft and goes for secrecy in Ireland

17-Jul-06

Apple Corp is joining Microsoft in re-registering its Irish subsidiaries as unlimited companies according to a report in the Irish Sunday Business Post online. The result is that the companies will not now have to put their accounts on public record. The consequence will be that no one will know how much profit Apple will […]

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