As readers of this blog might realise, I have been assisted technically in getting it going by Dennis Howlett of AccmanPro, assistance for which I
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The Tories and tax transparency
Shadow UK Chancellor George Osborne has sent me (and I suspect thousands of others) a link to his new idea – a Bill requiring publication
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Stock option backdating – a fraud not far removed from tax avoidance
The Guardian has reported the latest person to reason in the corporate scandal sweeping across America where it has been discovered that maybe hundreds of
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PWC, a threat to the world’s poor
Sorry to bang on about the big firms of accountants this week – but their PR departments seem to be in tax overdrive mode at
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Taxationweb covers PWC’s spin
Taxationweb has covered PWC’s spin reported here yesterday. Andrew Goodall’s take on taxation is usually worth a read, and he adds some useful comparisons with
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The Big 6 are out of step
I raised theoretical objection to what the Big 6 firms of accountants have proposed yesterday. Others are more pragmatic in their rejection of the idea.
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PWC, spinning for all they’re worth
PWC have published the results of a poll they took at their annual Global Tax Symposium. If you just read the press release you’d think
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The threat of the ‘Big 6’
On Friday I wrote about the ‘vision document’ produced by the six biggest firms of accountants in the world about where they see financial reporting
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Canada to move against tax havens
The Globe and Mail in Canada reports: Fresh from squeezing more tax dollars from income trusts, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says Ottawa is scrutinizing offshore
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