I was at the ICAEW’s Philip Hardman lecture last night. I admit, it’s a bash usually worth attending and this year was no exception. The
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Rumour reaches me that two blogs here on HBOS have travelled a fair distance in the City. Good. That;s why I write this stuff. The
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The FT reports that Alastair Darling now believes that the Northern Rock debacle could cost the taxpayer money because it may be unable to repay
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I’ve had the odd pop at Forbes before now, and nothing will ever reconcile my views on tax with those of flat taxer Steve Forbes.
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Sometimes the debate on offshore gets very personal. It has with regard to one of my other interests in life – Ipswich Town. ‘The Town’
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Martin O’Neill has a thoughtful piece in the New Statesman on the problems of corporate taxation. Inspired by the article in the Guardian on bananas,
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The Taxpayer’s Alliance (a group made up of those who think the Conservative party left wing) have done some research on public sector pay, about
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In response to my suggestion that I would block comments on this site unless coherent argument was offered, both Tim Knight and Roger Morley have
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As if in reply to my Guardian article “Havens and have-nots” Kenneth Rogoff, formerly chief economist at the IMF has an article on the Guardian
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