The Cayman NetNews reports that the people of Cayman are confused by their poor international image. They say: There is no doubt that we have
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Tax and ethics – starting at the beginning
As far as I know Plato was the first person to write about tax and ethics. In the Republic (published 4th century BC) he said:
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The NatWest 3
It’s good to see the basis on which the so-called ‘NatWest 3’ are being prosecuted. When people appear to assist the creation of a deal
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Do tax practitioners need to exercise moral judgement?
Over at AccountingWEB Rebecca Bennyworth has posted a thoughtful piece on whether tax practitioners have to exercise moral judgement in the course of their work.
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Too good a comment to hide
Dennis Howlett’s comment on the Apple article below is too good to be hidden away in the comments section. He wrote: My iPod says: Designed
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Apple does a Microsoft and goes for secrecy in Ireland
Apple Corp is joining Microsoft in re-registering its Irish subsidiaries as unlimited companies according to a report in the Irish Sunday Business Post online. The
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Jersey – on the slippery slopes to not knowing their clients
To date Jersey has had a quite unusual claim it can make in the financial services world. Unlike the UK, for example, it apparently requires
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Oxford Centre for Business Taxation and the Monaco Boys
The Guardian reported yesterday on the habit of the “Monaco Boys” who live in that principality and work in the UK. Under the UK’s 90
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Microsoft does tax avoidance in secret
In November last year the Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft was saving as much as $500 million a year in tax by the use
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