Accountancy Age has reported that HM Revenue & Customs: HM Revenue and Customs hopes to make progress on negotiations with the Cayman Islands, China, Germany,
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The price of VAT fraud
The Federation of Technological Industries has reported an article by Paul Lashmar in the Independent on Sunday. Unfortunately the IoS charges an absurd £1 an
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Innocent until proven guilty
I am all in favour of people paying the right amount of tax. I have little tolerance for anything else. But I’m going to add
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Which side of the fence are you on?
Dennis Howlett posted the following comment yesterday, but since not everyone looks at the comments I thought I’d share it more broadly: You and KPMG
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Mark Lee’s card trick – the real test of acceptability?
The debate about tax and morality continues at AccountingWEB (which is a closed shop to those who do not register). I regret that much of
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An open invitation to KPMG to talk
KPMG have published a report on discussion that took place at a symposium they organised on 25 May. The symposium was entitled ‘From debate to
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The people of Cayman are confused
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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