Margaret Hodge got vey angry with PWC yesterday over its Luxembourg tax practice. She accused the firm of lying because it had previously told her
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Why corporate tax abuse has to be eradicated
I have a piece on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site this morning, discussing the motivations and impacts of the tax abuse that the Guardian
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There is a problem with family companies, much of which comes down to too much tax planning
The FT reports this morning that: Only one in 12 of the UK’s family-owned companies has plans to expand aggressively over the next five years,
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PwC have at long last admitted that tax and morality must mix
The pleasing FT headlines continue this morning. After news that Amazon has a tax avoidance case to answer comes this one: As the story relates:
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Country-by-country reporting will be good for the economy – according to PwC
According to EU focussed website Euractiv: Forcing banks in the EU to publish their turnover and taxes will help the economy, according to research for
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Banking corruption: more of the same. When will it end?
Another day, and more banking scandals. PWC amended a report to US regulators to hide their banking client’s abuse of US sanctions. They have been
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PWC: give us tax haven UK or we’ll throw our toys out of the pram
The Telegraph has reported that: The chairman of PwC in the UK has said that takeover deals based on tax inversions – which were brought
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The Big 4: the Big obstacles to progress
Suppose you were asked to choose a target for an international campaign on tax avoidance. Who would you pick? That was a question I was
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NGOs protest at PWC being hired by EU to assess country-by-country reporting
The following press release was issued by Eurodad – an NGO coordinating action by other development NGOs – this morning: After strongly opposing any publication
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