Accountancy Age reports that only 16% of executives in quoted companies think financial analysts employed by major brokers in the City really understand their companies.
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The deception services industry
There’s a good article on ‘Is this Jersey’ in which someone called Niccolo M (who as far as I know I am unacquainted with personally)
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How the poorest keep the US and UK going
A comment was posted on one of my stories from August in the last couple of days. It reveals so much I thought I’d reproduce
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Cheating
Alex Hawkes at Accountancy Age has suggested that the government’s approach in new offshore abuse rules, previously discussed here, is Marxist. Dennis Howlett has suggested
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Moderation
When I began this blog I did not anticipate that many people would comment upon it. I also expected that those that would do so
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41% – right or wrong?
There have been interesting reactions to yesterday’s press release from the TJN (which was reproduced here) on the research spearheaded by Richard Lupson-Darnell into the
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How much does tax evasion cost the UK? Start at £75 billion
I was asked this question today. Let me give a current estimate. According to reports in The Times yesterday: The VAT gap – the difference
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Tackling offshore abuse
KPMG’s reaction to the Treasury’s proposed new rules for controlled foreign companies that deal with the consequences of the Cadbury’s ruling is typical of many.
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Domicile – no change yet
Andrew Goodall succinctly summarises my feelings on the absence of comment on domicile in the pre-Budget Report. Let’s just hope this will be Gordon’s swan-song
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