Accountancy Age has reported: Non-domiciled steel billionaire Swaraj Paul has pledged to finance the election campaign of Gordon Brown if the prime minister calls a
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Pope to condemn tax avoidance and evasion
The Times has reported that: Pope Benedict XVI is working on a doctrinal pronouncement that will condemn tax evasion as “socially unjust”, according to Vatican
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The Italians, tax evasion and theology
For most people Italy and tax evasion go together. Even the Italians think so. In which case it’s good to see the Washington Post report
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Extreme inequality
I have problems with the word extreme. It’s a label I find uncomfortable applying to anyone and anything. But if I was a US citizen
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Deloittes pay out, big time
How bad do things have to get before Deloittes didn’t sign an audit report? In the case of Adelphia it was this bad apparently –
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Leeds, KPMG and offshore – are you surprised HMRC has objected?
The saga of Leeds United’s insolvency, its management by KPMG and the undisclosed links between the club and two offshore companies continues. As the Guardian
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Tax Haven UK – 2 – Bearer Shares
Alistair Darling has said the UK is not a tax haven. That is not true. It is, using any reasonable definition, including that which I
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Patented tax avoidance
The NJ Biz reported yesterday that: Growing concern over a federal agency’s four-year-old decision to grant patents on tax strategies has some CPAs in New
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Just don’t do it
Those were the favourite words of my old deputy head-master. They came to mind when I read that James Owens, chairman and CEO of Caterpillar,
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