Apple has $117 billion in cash right now. And Zero Hedge has now noted that it’s being managed for it by a rather bland company
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I’ve only just found out I’ve neen nominated for an accounting award. The Association of International Accountants has nominated me for its Founders’ Lecture Award
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The Daily Mail notes an interesting point on the EADS / BAE proposed merger. EADS made more than £3billion in revenues from its British operations during 2010, according
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Interesting stuff from Accountancy Age this morning: Protestors were justified in gate-crashing an event at New College, Oxford, at which former HM Revenue & Customs
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The importance of the story on Glencore’s tax this morning is easily missed. It’s not that Glencore is avoiding tax: I’m not sure that is new to
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I was depressed by Ed Miliband on Marr yesterday. He said that every spending commitment will be costed with indication of where the cash would come from. That’s ludicrous:
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I was sent an advance copy of a new extended essay by Robin Ramsay last week. Entitled “Well, How Did We Get Here? A Brief
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KPMG have published their 2012 tax competition report, which looks at how countries compete with each other on tax rates. Their ranking is as follows: As KPMG’s UK
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The Guardian published an article late yesterday in which they said: A leading tax expert has accused Glencore of cutting its UK tax bill by tens of millions of
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