The FT has reported this morning that: The big four global accounting companies have taken out press advertisements in Hong Kong stating they are “opposed”
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PWC publicly oppose country-by-country reporting, but have won the job of objectively appraising it for the EU
PWC have been awarded the task of assessing the economic impact of making country-by-country reporting information available to the public as a result of the EU
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PWC in outright denial on falling tax revenues
Tax Analysts (£) noted yesterday that: The OECD’s 2013 report “Addressing Base Erosion and Profit Shifting” [suggested that] multinational companies are “exploiting legal arbitrage opportunities and
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Tax abuse is not faceless: there’s always an accountant behind it
Jesse Drucker has become one of the leading journalists exposing tax abuse over the last few years. Now with Bloomberg he has a fascinating story
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Good times and bad times, PWC wins either way
As the FT has noted this morning: When Lehman Brothers failed almost five years ago, it set off a global financial crisis — and a bonanza $3bn
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Why does the FT’s corporation tax map exclude so much interesting data?
Why does the FT’s new interactive corporation tax map (of which this is a screen shot, not the real interactive thing): 1) Use some very
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Today’s appearances on the Today programme
The Big 4, tax havens and tax avoidance
I am on BBC Radio 4's The Today Programme this morning at 8.30 (ish) to discuss the role of the Big 4 firms of accountants
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PWC says “it’s not fair to pick on business about tax”
I’ve noted I spoke at the ICAEW’s New Era event last night. Mary Monfries of PWC was also there and in her comments she made
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