Wiley published this yesterday: This paper has been in the making for about six years, and I offer my thanks to Len and, most especially,
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Tax havens exist to undermine democracy. They are a fundamental threat to our way of life.
Not long after I first began to work on tax haven reform more than twenty years ago I realised that the problem that these places
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EY’s failed merger: an exercise in value destruction
The FT noted this morning that: EY has scrapped plans to break up its audit and consulting businesses after months of internal disagreement and opposition
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It is time the accounting profession – and big business – took the environment seriously
As the FT has noted this morning: They added: As part of a raft of green measures announced on last week, the UK government said
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The FTSE 100’s audits and climate change: a sorry tale of the Big 4 ducking the issue
Growing concerns about the impact of climate-change on business performance have increased demand for greater climate-related disclosures at large companies. The quality of those disclosures,
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Can EY really split off its audit division if no one else does? I doubt it
Those who follow accountancy will have noticed the news that emerged at the end of last week that EY (or Ernst & Young, as it
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If the Big 4 can quit Russia they can quit Cayman, the BVI, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Bermuda and others too
The FT has reported this morning that: PwC and KPMG have severed ties with their businesses in Russia and Belarus, becoming the first Big Four
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Why are the Big 4 firms of accountants still operating in Russia?
I checked the websites of the Big 4 firms of accountants in Russia this morning. None of these firms (PWC, EY, Deloitte, KPMG, with links
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The operations of the Big 4 accountants within tax havens are a threat to democracy, so why won’t they close them down?
There is an interesting thread from Tom Tugendhat MP on Twitter. He is, of course, a Tory and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He
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