Accountancy Age has reported that the Financial Reporting Council has announced the members of its new board. As it notes: The board will be led
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Reuters reports that Brazilian police have arrested at least 40 people including senior executives at Cisco Systems Inc on suspicion of tax fraud. They report:
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The Guardian has reported that: research by the Guardian and Legal Business magazine shows that some top London law firms, who claim to support the
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A member of the Treasury select committee this morning asked Adam Applegarth, CEO of Northern Rock: When did you qualify as a banker? The answer?:
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The EU Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs considered IFRS 8 on 9 October. I presumed we’d know their decision by now. But I now note
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I noted the following comment in the FT in a discussion on tax havens: The EU staged a crackdown on “harmful tax practices”, including un-equal
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The FT reported yesterday that, when referring to the change in behaviour forced on tax havens by the EU and OECD that: Leonie Kerswill, a
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Prof Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Laureate, former Chief Economist of World Bank, former head of the Council of Economic Advisors to President Clinton and
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I’m on record as saying I think the cut in Capital Gains Tax to 18% is a straightforward disaster. But at least I have done
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