FT.com / Brussels – UK wins EU bank concession. The UK has secured a promise from its European Union partners that EU supervisors will not
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FT.com / Companies / Oil & Gas – Daunting tasks awaiting new BP chairman. Oil production in most developed economies is in decline, and the
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Bermuda removed from list of tax havens – JamaicaObserver.com. So now the target has to be 24. Then 36. And on. And on. Until we
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BDO Seidman ex-chief Denis Field indicted in tax evasion case – Los Angeles Times. The former chief executive of [BDO Seidman] and six others were
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Microsoft contemplates move over tax deferral rules – Accountancy Age. Software giant Microsoft has issued a stern threat to the Obama administration over its concerns
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I’m speaking at the PCS seminar on Saturday at the Compass ‘No turning back’ event. More details here.

Funny headline in the FT this morning: BT Vision chief quits I couldn’t help but think ‘did he see that one coming?’  🙂

I gave a talk to an HMRC conference yesterday, talking about tax and corporate transparency. This, broadly speaking is what I said: We have of
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The Caymanian Compass has published an article under the above title. It was written by Anthony Travers of the Cayman Islands Financial Services Authority, who
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