I thought it worth sharing this Twitter narrative from Alex Cobham of the Tax Justice Network on the significance of the Big 4’s endorsement of
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The Big 4 accountancy firms have finally endorsed public country-by-country reporting
I mentioned my concern about the CEO’s of the world’s largest companies thinking that they can decide what reporting the stakeholders of their companies need
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Why is the accounting profession still in denial on country-by-country reporting
The history of country-by-country reporting is pretty much like that of any new idea seeking to change public policy. First, they ignore you. Then they
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The audit profession can refuse clients but they have to accept that this must signal the end of their statutory monopoly
I was senior partner of a firm of accountants throughout my thirties. It helped that I started it, I admit. And I’m not claiming that
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KPMG are fooling no-one with their new audit structure
The FT published this yesterday (and it looks as if it came straight from a KPMG press release): KPMG has announced an overhaul of its
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Accounting has to be radically reformed
As the Guardian has reported: Britain’s big four accountancy firms should face a full break-up to weaken their “stranglehold” on an audit market discredited by
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The BEIS committee, audit fees and a question of competence v systemic under-charging
The Guardian reports this morning that: The big four accounting firms are failing to charge some of the UK’s largest companies the full cost of inspecting
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Why are the Big 4 in tax havens?
I have a new research publication out: The abstract says: The role of multi-disciplinary Global Professional Service Firms (GPSFs) in the architecture of international tax
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Audit and accountancy are in need of real reform, not an odd change in semantics
The FT has noted this morning that: After a string of embarrassing failures, the Big Four accounting firms are turning to the thesaurus for help.
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