As Transparency International reported yesterday afternoon on an issue very close to my heart: Transparency International EU, the Brussels office of the global movement against
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ESG investing has to take Fair Tax on board or its a waste of time
The FT has an article making an important argument this morning. As it notes: The huge rise in environmental, social and governance-based investing is funnelling
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The Financial Reporting Council has a long way to go if it is to deliver a real vision for the future of UK corporate reporting
Accounting consultations are coming thick and fast right now. First, we had one on sustainability reporting from the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation. Then we
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Is HMRC finally cracking down on big business tax abuse?
I noted this in the FT this morning, with interest: The UK tax authority has opened multiple criminal investigations after probing whether large companies are
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Why is HMRC so sure that there is more tax to collect from multinationals?
The Financial Times has suggested this morning that: The British government has launched a crackdown on multinationals suspected of wrongly reducing their UK tax bills
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There is overwhelming demand for tax transparency on the Covid 19 era
I have already referred to one public opinion survey on tax-related issues this morning, and then realised that I had not reported another, which was
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The Big 4 and World Economic Forum cannot tell stakeholders what information those stakeholders want from their accounts
The FT reported yesterday that: The leaders of the Big Four accounting firms have come together in an unusual joint initiative to unveil a reporting
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To become a truly “Global Britain†then we must show leadership on international tax reform
The Times had an article by Margaret Hodge MP and David Mitchell MP (Labour and Tory respectively) yesterday in which they said: As debate turns
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Tax and opacity remain at the heart of Starbuck’s operations
As the FT has reported this morning: Starbucks’ European division paid $175m in dividends to its US parent company last year, despite recording a 99
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