Why does the FT’s new interactive corporation tax map (of which this is a screen shot, not the real interactive thing): 1) Use some very odd PWC data which, for example, portrays Ireland in an absurdly favourable light? 2) Not let me click on Luxembourg? 3) Ignore all the smaller tax havens? Could PWC be helping the
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I was on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 twice this morning. You can listen again here, and here.

I am on BBC Radio 4's The Today Programme this morning at 8.30 (ish) to discuss the role of the Big 4 firms of accountants in tax havens and in international tax avoidance. Let me reiterate what tax avoidance is. It is getting round tax law to obtain an advantage parliament did not intend. So
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I’ve noted I spoke at the ICAEW’s New Era event last night. Mary Monfries of PWC was also there and in her comments she made two points. The first was that in a democracy discussion on tax policy is fine. Extraordinarily, this sounded like a concession. But then she added as a second point that
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I am pleased to see that PWC have published a new report that they suggest is up to date to August 2012 on the subject of tax transparency and country-by-country reporting. That could not be clearer from the cover: The report is split into a number of sections. Inevitably the focus is on the extractive industries given
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I was amused by a comment from PWC in the FT this morning. Having noted that the average PWC partner earned £679,000 last year the article added that PWC’s spokesperson said: The recent political and media clamour over tax avoidance would not damage the performance of PwC’s tax advisory arm. “We are seeing modest growth in our
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The FT reports this morning: The involvement of a PwC expert in the political process of reforming European accounting law has prompted fresh concern about links between the biggest auditors and those who are supposed to regulate them. The Cypriot government borrowed a PwC technical expert to assist it with pushing forward accounting reform during
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Accountancy Age has reported: A  million pound  tax scheme marketed by PwC has been shut after a Court of Appeal hearing. The scheme, which dates back to 2002/2003, was used by about 200 people who now have to pay back the full capital gains tax as well as interest. The case, Howard Schofield v HMRC, which involved losses
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Jersey is paying a heavy price for taking on the UK on the issue of the VAT abuse that was operated by companies such as Amazon through the island until outlawed by the UK in April this year. Despite officially saying it condemned the scheme when the UK outlwaed it Jersey riushed to arms to defend the right of
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