I took part in the annual Wyman tax debate at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales last night. The debate was on
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The country-by-country reporting debate continues
The debate on country-by-country reporting rolls on in the comments section of this blog fuelled, at least in part, by my calculation of potential profit
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HMRC’s revolving door is still working
I was assured last night by a former very senior member of staff at HMRC staff that he thought much of what I said was
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Democracy 1 – Big 4 Firms 0
The Big 4 firms of accountants advertised in Hong Kong last week, saying that pro-democracy demonstrations should not rake place. Their staff place can advert
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NGOs protest at PWC being hired by EU to assess country-by-country reporting
The following press release was issued by Eurodad – an NGO coordinating action by other development NGOs – this morning: After strongly opposing any publication
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The class divide in a couple of diagrams
The government says it is concerned about sugar reduction. These charts comes from page 10 of their report on the issue: There is the class
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The importance of the labour movement in tackling inequality
The following comes from the web site of the Class Think Tank, of whose advisory board I am a member: The importance of the labour
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Barclays and country-by-country reporting: what we learned
I wrote yesterday about Barclays’ country-by-country report and what could be gleaned from it. The Guardian referred to that work in this morning’s paper. Barclays did
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The danger of devolving economic power and tax to English regions
I have not read the Adonis Review on devolving power to English regions that is being published by the Labour Party this morning but I
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