The Guardian (and many others) have reported that Goldman Sachs, which made profits of $9.54bn (£4.9bn) last year, has … revealed that its co-presidents, Gary
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Extraordinary headlines have been used to report the UK Institute of Directors’ (IoD) new report on capital gains tax and inheritance tax. For example, Accountancy
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Accountancy Age reports that the UK tax gap for VAT has widened because of staff cuts at HM Revenue & Customs. This is sheer folly.
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I’m told I was in Le Monde this weekend, being quoted about Bono. But what added a touch of irony was that on the opposite
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There is of course an answer to the problem of private equity. The UK would not be fleeced by this form of asset stripping if
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Will Hutton was also writing in the Observer this weekend. I’m not a committed fan of Hutton’s. But he’s right about private equity: this is
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I am not a great fan of Sunday newspapers, by and large (and that’s despite having written for one for a while). The reason is
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Try this for a sobering start to the week. Provident Financial will offer you a loan of £500 over 23 weeks repayable at £32 a
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Companies the world over seem to call for two things. The first is a simplified tax code. The second are lower tax rates. Nowhere though
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