Accountancy Age reports: In a scathing report the audit watchdog has said that significant improvement is required in the audits conducted by small firms. Some
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The end for tax havens?
It’s an interesting coincidence (no more, I think) that the Guardian has published an article this morning on tax havens / secrecy jurisdictions by William
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The Bank of England buys the paradox of thrift
Charlie Bean, deputy director of the Bank of England has said: Britons should go out and spend to help invigorate the UK’s economic recovery In
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Task Force: beneficial ownership
The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development is discussing beneficial ownership. As Elise Bean from the Senate Committee on Investigations says the problem
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‘Making Pensions Work’: don’t duck the issues
I am intrigued by some early responses to ‘Making Pensions Work’ I have received on this blog and have read in some (typically abusive) commentary
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Asserting the right to tax corporations – like Wolseley
I am at the conference of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development in Bergen for the next couple of days. I’ll be
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Labour has to oppose cuts
I am amused by all the comments about Ed Miliband being a gift to the Tories. Let me spell out the reality. If the ConDems
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