The Russian assault on Ukraine continues to shock, offend all sensibilities and create feelings of despair about the human capacity to be inhumane to others
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If the Big 4 can quit Russia they can quit Cayman, the BVI, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Bermuda and others too
The FT has reported this morning that: PwC and KPMG have severed ties with their businesses in Russia and Belarus, becoming the first Big Four
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Why are the Big 4 firms of accountants still operating in Russia?
I checked the websites of the Big 4 firms of accountants in Russia this morning. None of these firms (PWC, EY, Deloitte, KPMG, with links
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How long can KPMG last?
I wrote this article for AccountingWEB, of which I was once an editor. It was out yesterday: You can read the whole thing here. There
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Why are so many well known firms of accountants still operating in tax havens?
The Pandora Papers continue to draw attention to tax abuse. As I mentioned yesterday, the real need is to mention solutions though. We have known
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We need accounting for employees
The FT has reported today that: More than four-fifths of employees at PwC UK come from a higher socio-economic background, according to data that for
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The accounting profession is failing us all on climate change
The FT has this to say this morning: The research is by Carbon Tracker and I cannot, as yet, find it on their site, but
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What can be done about tax havens?
In the first four videos in this series on tax havens I have explored how they work, what they abuse, and why that abuse should
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The Big 4 firms of accountants must be cock-a-hoop at the government’s audit reform proposals
The government has published its audit reform proposals this morning in a new White Paper. In this they say: [T]he audit regulator has in recent
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