Prem Sikka has been writing on tax avoidance for the Guardian. Prem is always controversial. Maybe that’s why we get on. But as one commentator
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Alex Cobham on globalisation
Alex Cobham wrote an excellent blog for the Guardian concerning the FT’s poll on globalisation. I can’t do better than recommend it. PS He won’t
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Treasury Select Committee to look at domicile
The Treasury Select Committee is to publish its interim findings on private equity tomorrow. This will not make recommendations: the committee has yet to hear
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Arctic Systems – and how to move on
The Revenue have lost what has been called the Arctic Systems case in the House of Lords. This case dealt with a husband and wife
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Tax Haven UK – 1 – The domicile rule
Alistair Darling has denied the UK is a tax haven. On any objective basis he’s wrong. The UK is a tax haven. Over the next
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Globalisation backlash
The FT has published a survey that show most people in the UK think: 1) Globalisation is having a negative effect; 2) Most people cannot
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UK Flood PLC
I don’t want to exploit other’s misery. I’d hate to be flooded right now, and have not been. I’m grateful. That said, I’m aware I
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Private equity gets it wrong
I note that the Alliance Boot private equity deal has run into problems. As the FT says: The private equity owners of Alliance Boots and
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Grant Thornton – indifferent, as usual
Mike Warburton, a partner at Grant Thornton in the UK, wrote a piece for Accoutancy Age last week called “Non-doms are good for the UK”.
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