Nils Pratley comments in the Guardian today: So now we know, privately owned Alliance Boots paid £240m in tax in the UK last year. It said
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Publish What You Pay – new briefing on country-by-country reporting
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Publish What You Pay over a number of years. They’ve just published a new briefing on country-by-country reporting – the accounting concept I created
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Does Glencore’s Hong Kong prospectus comply with Hong Kong’s rules on country-by-country reporting?
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s listing agreement says: In addition to the information set out in Appendix 1A, a Mineral Company must include in its listing document……if relevant and
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Every US company has all the data it needs to do country-by-country reporting
There was an interesting comment on the TaxProf blog in the last few days. Discussing the US tax base for overseas profits it noted: In
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Obama backs country-by-country reporting
The Wall Street Journal has reported: The Obama administration is lobbying European allies to adopt anticorruption laws that require energy companies to disclose payments to
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What the Mail says: Do these people have no sense of loyalty?
I’m not a great fan of the Daily Mail and its Sunday counterpart: their politics are rarely the same as mine. But there’s a not
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Why developing countries need a fair deal on tax
This article by Christian Aid was in the Guardian this weekend.I unashamedly repeat it here. Developing countries lose an estimated $160bn (£98.5bn) every year ‚
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The EU piles the pressure on the International Accounting Standards Board for country-by-country reporting
Michel Barnier, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services was in London on Friday. He met Vince Cable. I gather Vince confirmed the
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