I am aware, as I have it drawn to my attention, that there is a petition on the 10 Downing Street web site that says:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to appoint Richard Murphy, the head of the Tax Justice Network, as a special adviser to the government on tax avoidance issues.
Submitted by Alex [...]
AccountingWEB has been a having a discussion of tax investigations. This is topical. The UK’s ‘tax amnesty’ will give rise to a fair number, either because the Revenue do not accept voluntary disclosures, or because people who choose not to disclose now will be forced to do so sometime soon.
It seems to me, based on [...]
For reasons best known to its owner I feature on the TaxGirl site this week.
The least I can do is confess it!
It may have occurred to one or two readers of this blog that the accusation has occasionally been made that I am opinionated. Too true I am, especially when it comes to accountancy practice. In fact, I’m of the opinion that an accountancy practitioner has to be very opinionated indeed. The reason is simple. That’s [...]
For those in London, and who have interest in both faith and finance then can I recommend a meeting at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG?
They promote it as follows:
Wed 2 May 6.30pm
Faith and finance
In the modern world of finance, faith has disappeared from view and long been replaced [...]
I got an email the other day. I won’t reveal the sender’s identity (there is no need). It asked with honest intent:
I was wondering, as you are an accountant by profession, how you deal with people who come to you for tax advice? Do you state at the outset that you’re not there to find [...]
As is well known, Bono bought part of Forbes magazine through his interest in Elevation Partners, a private equity firm.
Bono is, as is now well known, a fan of tax avoidance. The New York Times, amongst others, have noticed that fact.
So it’s no surprise to find Bono’s rag promoting tax havens as a panacea in [...]
For those who are so inclined to watch television in the UK this evening might I suggest Dispatches on Channel 4 at 8pm (20.00)? You will, I admit, see me discussing the tax affairs of HRH Prince Charles. Not in a much depth as I’d wished, since this started as one third of the programme [...]
As I mentioned some time ago, this site is moderated. I got bored by some people putting up comment that seemed to add to debate. Most comments from those I consider to be from the far right fall into this category, but every now and again someone puts so much effort into proving just how [...]
The Center for Freedom and Prosperity are having a lovely time in the US at the moment, so they think at my expense. In fact, they’ve got so excited they managed to get a whole article dedicated largely to how despicable a person I am in the Washington Times yesterday.
It’s all very mad. I mean [...]
