As an accounting practitioner I’ve seen a few divorces in my time, and how people prepare for them, consciously or not. They began to steel themselves for
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Google, Amazon and Starbucks: what their defenders dont get
The defenders of Google, Amazon and most especially Starbucks have been queuing up to defend the companies on various articles on this blog. The argument, at least
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Clear dividing lines are needed on tax
As Will Hutton says in the Observer today: Our fifth-columnist Eurosceptics are happier that the UK corporate tax base is destroyed and the British economy
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Some companies will tax avoid however extreme the behaviour required to achieve it
It was always pretty absurd that goods were chipped from the UK to the Channel Islands just to be shipped back again, all to avoid
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That Starbucks franchise issue – and yes, boycotts are still wholly appropriate
I gather the question of Starbucks’ franchises was raised on Question Time last night – with the implication that targeting them was to target a tax paying company in
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One small change in the law could make Amazon and Google taxable in the UK
Vince Cable continues to dither on tax. The Guardian reports this morning that: The chancellor should use his autumn statement next month to “get to
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At last: Ernst & Young to be held to account for their Farepak audit
The FT reports: The UK arm of Ernst & Young and one of its former partners have been accused of misconduct in relation to their
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If we’re going to own RBS for a “protracted period” why not properly nationalise it?
The FT reports this morning: Taxpayers may never see the return of the £66bn spent on shares in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group four years ago,
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Time for a general tax amnesty? Sure: with all interest and fair penalties being paid, I’m all for it
I note that something called International Adviser reports this morning that: It is time HM Revenue & Customs accept that a general amnesty for tax evaders should
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