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Have accountants been making up the law on ‘true and fair view’ as they go along?
The following comes from the latest PIRC Alert, issued by PIRC, a firm of investment advisers. I strongly suspect it reflects the views of my
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Cameron’s right: profit and tax cuts are not dirty words. The issue is how you justify them, and he doesn’t
The Guardian web site has a headline this morning that says: I find such commentary from David Cameron not just ludicrous, but part of an
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I have deleted a lot of comments today that may have got on if only they had looked like they were from remotely identifiable people.
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Maybe auditors should do what we’ve always expected of them
There’s a bizarre statement in Economia magazine (from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) today, which says: Auditors could develop a whole new
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All progress depends on the unreasonable person
George Monbiot has written his morning: It’s as clear and chilling a statement of intent as you’re likely to read. Scientists should be “the voice
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My aim in life is to make life pleasanter for this great majority
This is a fascinating quote from Beatrice Webb, she quoting Joseph Chamberlain: ‘My aim in life is to make life pleasanter for this great majority;
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Social justice demands engagement with political culture
In the US employees are being sent home because politicians so dislike the idea of the state providing people with healthcare that they’d rather close
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Google accused of sidestepping £150m in UK tax last year using clever accounting
As the Daily Mirror nots this morning: Google has been accused of using clever accounting to avoid paying around £150million of UK tax last year.
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