Professional bodies are unusual, at least in English law. They require a Privy Council charter to entitle them to operate. The ICAEW’s charter was granted
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My good friend Neasa MacErlean from the Observer had an interesting article in yesterday’s paper. As she put it: Wealthy people over the age of
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The Jersey Financial Services Commission has published a new draft Code of Practice for the 190 trust companies that undertake business in that island. The
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Holiday is a great time for reflection. It’s also an opportunity to stand back from the day to day and to view the bigger picture.
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I like the report on the Senate Hearings on tax havens yesterday from Reuters. Take this for example: Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, senior Democrat on
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Three years ago I did some work for Debt on Your Doorstep – who fight against the UK business in extortionate rate loans for people
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I commented in somewhat similar fashion to the item noted below on ethics on AccountingWEB yesterday, and the following comment came back: Values? What values?
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As the US seeks to close offshore abuse, another market opens. Czech Business Weekly reports that as the number of wealthy in the Czech Republic
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MSNBC has reported on findings to be discussed before a Senate Committee in the USA today. Key amongst the claims are that: Offshore tax havens
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