These are my links for June 4th:
OECD makes gloomy forecast for UK economy | Business | guardian.co.uk - I wish I was as optimistic as the OECD. There seems little assessment of the impact of fuel and food price changes in here, for a start. Add to that the fact that house prices really are [...]
These are my links for June 3rd:
Tax Research UK / Tax Journal focuses on Jersey - See this comment on buying favour
Sunday Business Post | Irish Business News - The American government has written to dozens of US multinationals with operations in Ireland, seeking sensitive financial information about their activities in the state.
FT.com / Companies [...]
These are my links for June 2nd:
Porn Tax | Venture Chronicles - It’s an interesting new variant on ‘taxing the bads’
Tesco faces new tax questions - Accountancy Age - But it seems that fear of Tescos is so great that the whole article is their apology for what they’re doing
SMEs encouraged to review fair value [...]
These are my links for May 31st:
Senate OK’s bill barring contractors from avoiding tax - The Boston Globe - I know I’m a bit late noting this - but it’s excellent news. The tide is turning on the tax dodgers.
Tax Justice Network: Tax competition: TJN in FT Economists’ forum - Tax competition is harmful
The New [...]
These are my links for May 30th:
Liquidators of Bear Stearns funds lose court appeal - Yahoo! News - The Cayman directors of Bear Stearns Cayman hedge fund had ‘no substantial involvement’ in the business US Court rules. It sounds like a statement of the obvious, or maybe an accurate assessment of the place.
I was quoted in the Independent on Sunday saying of the new corporation tax review:
It has no representatives from the professions, only one from the TUC, none from small business all of whom have interests in corporate tax - how can it come up with the right answers?
Yet again, I wonder why it is that [...]
These are my links for May 23rd:
FT.com / Companies / Financial services - Citi’s Weill admits flaw in 2003 succession - It was good for Prince though. And wasn’t that what mattered to him?
These are my links for May 22nd:
Germany offers black money data, India dithers-India-The Times of India - Just do it
Power boss blasts UK tax regime - Accountancy Age - Pure personal politics unrelated to any economic reality
FT.com / In depth - Moody’s launches review in wake of errors - Very soon the credit crunch will [...]
These are my links for May 20th:
Belize Bank | A $10m mystery | Economist.com - Why is that the words Belize, Ashcroft and trouble go so easily together? And why hasn’t he been suspended from the Lords, amd why haven’t his donations to the Tories been returned when his tax status is uncertain?
FT.com / [...]
These are my links for May 19th:
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Guernsey | Lease on Channel Island for sale - Herm is my favourite Channel Island. It is beautiful. But will that survive in the current corrosive atmosphere in the Channel Islands?
FT.com / Comment & analysis / Letters - Try out ‘toff tax’ [...]
