I was interviewed for this story in Accountancy Age: Offshore tax probe hits the buffers I’m not mentioned in the resulting piece. And I really
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The people we have to hold to account for the Credit Crunch
It strikes me that there are four key firms behind the credit crunch who have suffered nothing like the exposure they deserve. They are: PricewaterhouseCoopers
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US bank accounts will not show a true and fair view
The FT has reported that: Banks have been given a one-year reprieve by US accounting standard-setters from having to take up to $5,000bn (£2,520bn) of
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UK Treasury Select Committee must listen to the US Senate
The Senate Permanent sub-Committee on Investigations issued a press release yesterday saying (no link yet): At a Thursday hearing entitled, Tax Haven Banks and U.S.
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Auditors: do they really make any difference any more?
Accountancy Age reported last week that: The push for auditor liability limitation in the US received a boost today when an influential audit group threw
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Why ask the accountants? They’re the problem, not the solution
On Thursday (when I was at a conference and out of blogging action) the FT reported that: The US Internal Revenue Service is to solicit
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Bill Dodwell is busy
Accountancy Age has noted my challenge to Bill Dodwell, head of tax at Deloittes, and put it on its back page: Which gives me the
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Questions for Bill Dodwell
Bill Dodwell, head of tax at Deloittes UK ha suggested my work on the Tax Gap is ‘just rubbish’. Well, it’s a free country, and
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Deloittes, making themselves look stupid
Accountancy Age has reported that the Budget should raise £1.7 billion form anti avoidance measures, most aimed at companies. This, of course, is welcome, but
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