KPMG have issued another of their notorious press releases (noted far and wide for missing the mark). This time they have surveyed finance directors following
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The Big 4 – endorsing tax havens by their presence
The Independent on Sunday ran a report yesterday concerning the report entitled ‘Closing the Floodgates’ that I edited and was principle author of for the
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Musings on Mike Rake
One of my regular correspondents sent me a mail on Mike Rake this morning. He said (subject to the odd edit or two to protect
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Sir Mike Rake
It always surprises me that Private Eye haven’t coined a name for Sir Mike Rake of KPMG. The word ‘muck’ seems to substitute in there
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KPMG – so very confused
You’d have thought KPMG could present an argument. That’s not true. There’s whole rafts of their paper on tax and corporate governance that are argument
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KPMG – arguing for a general anti-avoidance provision
KPMG’s new report isn’t all bad (form my point of view). Take this for example on general anti-avoidance provisions, of which I am firmly in
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KPMG – a gap analysis
I’m going to be a bore on the new KPMG report on tax and governance – but there’s so much in it that it’s worth
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KPMG – missing the mark by miles
KPMG have published a new paper called ‘Developing the Concept of tax Governance’. Published yesterday, I think, I’ve now read all 31 pages of it.
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Let’s get the defintion of fraud right
KPMG are reporting that: Fraud cases involving sums of more than £100,000 rose to 277 in 2006, from 222 in the previous year, according to
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