The OECD announced yesterday that: Discussion Draft on transfer pricing documentation and country-by-counrty reporting released for public comment 30/01/2014 – Action 13 of the BEPS Action Plan
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When we look at a map we always try to find our home. Why can’t we do that in accounts
My sons reminded me of a joke last night. I think the original was by Michael McIntyre. The joke is about using maps on a
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The ICAEW has to do better than this if it is to be taken seriously
The ICAEW published a new report entitled ‘Taxing corporate profits – hard choices’ in the last few days before Christmas, when almost no-one was going
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Vodafone: an exercise in wildly missing the mark with selective tax PR
Vodafone published a statement on its tax affairs yesterday. It was robust and defiant. And it was a PR disaster. As Channel 4 said about
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Sea change moments and post-crash political economy
A political economist I much admire, and with whom I have co-authored, is Andrew Bake at Queen’s University, Belfast. He has a new post on
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The whiff of corruption remains in the extractive industries
The FT has noted this morning that: A letter from the Central Bank of Nigeria suggests that the state oil company has failed to account for nearly
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Tax is for life, not just for Christmas
I gave a lecture at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham University last night using the above title. I often post my
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The government’s consultation on country-by-country reporting: the results are in and better than expected
The government published its review of the submissions made to its consultation on the country-by-country reporting that will be required from financial institutions (mainly banks) under
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The Big 4 are waking up to country-by-country reporting: KPMG joins the club
The Big 4 are waking up to country-by-country reporting. PWC published a report on the subject in August 2012. EY’s polemic on the issue followed in
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