Companies are, according to many of their directors, meant to profit maximise. Indeed, some claim that is their legal duty (although there is no such
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Apple does a Microsoft and goes for secrecy in Ireland
Apple Corp is joining Microsoft in re-registering its Irish subsidiaries as unlimited companies according to a report in the Irish Sunday Business Post online. The
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Taxation is at the centre of development
The UK’s Department for International Development issued its third white paper since Labour came to power in 1997 yesterday. The theme was clear from the
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Jersey – on the slippery slopes to not knowing their clients
To date Jersey has had a quite unusual claim it can make in the financial services world. Unlike the UK, for example, it apparently requires
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Barclays’ CSR does not add up – by £1.5 billion
Barclays CEO John Varley spoke at the Fifth Ethical Corporation Summit in London on 31st May this year. One of the issues he raised was
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Oxford Centre for Business Taxation and the Monaco Boys
The Guardian reported yesterday on the habit of the “Monaco Boys” who live in that principality and work in the UK. Under the UK’s 90
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Microsoft does tax avoidance in secret
In November last year the Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft was saving as much as $500 million a year in tax by the use
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What does the CBI want?
The Liberal Democrats have offered two things business want according to a report in the Telegraph. The first is a small cut in the corporation
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An accountants duty is to do the right thing
John Cullinane of Deloittes argued in an Accountancy Age podcast yesterday (link to follow when I can find it) that an accountant can have their
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