The Jersey Evening Post has reported that two hospitals on Jersey are to be sold for development. The States is facing a deficit of around
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Tax investigations (again)
Dennis Howlett has followed up my blog on tax investigations with some more sound advice. I have to reiterate his first point. Avoiding investigation altogether
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Tax investigations
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
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The EU begins to get tough on savings
The EU has, as reported on this blog, been considering plans to amend the EU Savings Directive. These plans are, of course, exploratory at this
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Are ‘dual contracts’ still in use in hedge funds?
Dual contracts were often used by the City for their non-UK domiciled individuals. These people had two contracts issued to them: one in the UK
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John McDonnell
There’s no doubt John McDonnell does understand the seriousness of tax avoidance. When asked in the Independent what he’d do if he became leader of
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The Banks spill the beans
Accountancy Age report that UK accountants PKF have seen evidence that the banks who have made disclosure of offshore bank accounts held by UK resident
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The CBI’s desire for a tax cut
I’ve been musing some more on the CBI’s ministrations on tax. I have a database on UK company performance. I prepared it when researching ‘Mind
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Leadership of the World Bank
I’ve blogged on this issue before. And I’ll say it again. The rules for appointing the next President of the World Bank (and IMF come
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