There’s much talk about Barclay’s being able to reduce its tax bill if it moves its head office to the Netherlands as a result of
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Barclays plundering Africa
It’s fertile territory for tax in Kenya right now. As my previous entry showed, the Kenyan tax system is assisting some Kenyans to get very
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Barclays – robbing the poor to pay the rich
There’s a follow up to yesterday’s blog on Roger Jenkins – the man who earns £40 million a year tax dodging for Barclays Bank. The
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£40 million tax dodger
The Business reports that Roger Jenkins at Barclays Capital (a subsidiary of Barclays Bank) was paid £40 million last year. I’ve commented previously on his
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Bob McIntyre on PWC’s Total Tax Contribution
I commented recently on PWC’s Total Tax Contribution. A couple of days after doing so PWC asked me if I’d comment on behalf of civil
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Barclay’s CSR
The Ethical Corporation has done an interesting review of Barclay’s 2005 CSR Report. In it they note that: In the foreword to Barclays’ most recent
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Do tax practitioners need to exercise moral judgement?
Over at AccountingWEB Rebecca Bennyworth has posted a thoughtful piece on whether tax practitioners have to exercise moral judgement in the course of their work.
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Barclays’ CSR does not add up – by £1.5 billion
Barclays CEO John Varley spoke at the Fifth Ethical Corporation Summit in London on 31st May this year. One of the issues he raised was
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£3.5 billion – the cost of tax avoidance
The Wall Street Journal article referred to below concerns an obscure Delaware corporation, Augustus Funding LLC. It so happens however that the LLC in question
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