Bono is back in the news. He’s been at Davos telling the great and good what to do, but Bloomberg’s have decided to draw attention
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In the USA the Federal Accounting Standards Board has ruled that its publication FIN48 will apply to all accounts beginning after 15 December 2006. That’s
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HMV, the music store chain, announced losses of £31.6 million for their first half year last week. They blamed just about everyone but themselves for
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I have to admit I found the pre-Budget Report depressing. It’s not, and should not be, a big tax event. That’s the role of the
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The most common complaint heard from tax practitioners is about the volume of legislation that they face. New research by the Tax Justice Network, UK
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The Sunday Times has published a report which they have apparently prepared with Grant Thornton, chartered accountants, on the abuse of the UK’s tax laws
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I’m always pleased to find common ground with people. On page 16 of this weeks Accountancy Age Richard Mannion, national tax director of Smith and
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Several people have challenged me about what tax compliance might be in comments in other postings on this blog. So I thought I’d better tackle
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