The News International debacle has much to say about corporate responsibility in the UK or the lack of it. Faith in major corporations was already
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The ethics of tax avoidance
The Ethical Corporation published an article yesterday under the title “Corporate disclosure: the tax blame game”. It said: It’s too easy to demonise big companies
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The Tax Gap series – proving tax is where CSR begins
The Guardian has concluded its Tax Gap series. In a closing editorial it said: Denis Healey had his own definition of tax avoidance. It differed
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Cut the crap: pay the tax
The FT has reported: Some of the largest companies in the US, including General Electric, Wal-Mart and PepsiCo, were expected on Monday to launch a
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Questionable? I wouldn’t throw stones
The Sunday Times has reported that: A partner at one the world’s biggest accountancy firms said: “By buying stolen data, tax authorities have encouraged anyone
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Are accountants really indifferent to ordinary people?
Neasa MacErlean had an interesting review of the next round of tax changes likely in the UK in the Observer today. She was kind enough
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To Tesco, an apology
This apology is correct. It became obvious the Guardian got this story wrong, at least in part, after it was published. I’m afraid there was
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Every little helps
I offer this from the Guardian diary, which seems an apt comment on Tesco’s CSR: We thank reader John Hill for his sighting of a
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KPMG – there is no morality in taxation
The December edition of Finance Magazine in Ireland, sponsored by KPMG had an article entitled ‘Is Tax on Your Board’s Agenda’ in it. Written by
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