The FT reports: The failure of Anglo Irish bank, the lender at the centre of the country’s financial crisis, would “bring down” Ireland, the country’s
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I’ve just posted on Tim Bush’s claim that the application of International Financial Reporting Standards in the UK left the accounts of UK banks so
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There’s a long article in the Telegraph this morning under the above title. The article refers to the work of UK chartered accountant Tim Bush
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I note there is a debate going on at AccountingWEB on the suitability of IFRS for use in the UK, and especially with regard to
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The G20 finance minister’s communiqu?© says: We expressed the importance we place in achieving a single set of high quality, global accounting standards and urged
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When in Norway earlier this week I was asked what the benefits of country-by-country reporting are. It was a good question. It deserved a full
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A new briefing sheet on who might be considered the users of accounts has been published by Tax Research LLP today. It’s available here. The
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I took part in a fascinating debate in Oslo yesterday. Unfortunately as the discussion was under Chatham House rules (for all bar me — I
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There’s much discussion today about whether the alleged professional negligence by Ernst & Young with regard to the audit of Lehman Brothers — where it
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