KPMG are in a spot of bother again. As has been mentioned here before, they proved compliantly gullible when appointed as administrators of Leeds United,
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KPMG and money laundering
I’ve had a quick scan of KPMG’s new money laundering report. Here are some fascinating words and phrases not found in it: 1) Tax havens
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Avoiding the issue
Private equity
I was asked to make a video explaining private equity, and have. Visual quality is not quite as good as I would like – I
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Redomiciliation
Redomiciliation is one of the big concerns that the Tax Justice Network drew attention to when submitting evidence to the US Senate on Jersey last
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Robbing the poor to pay the rich
“‘For the first time in 200 years we have an integrated global structure in the Square Mile and Manhattan whose basic purpose is to shift
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Stinking drains on progressive governments
Independent columnist Johann Hari wrote a good message to new PM Gordon Brown last week. It’s well worth reading in full. But for the benefit
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Tax evasion taskforce to probe tax haven UK
There’s excellent news in the Observer today: Plans have been drawn up for an international taskforce to crack down on tax haven abuses orchestrated in
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Tax us if you can
I was principal author of a report with the above name in 2005, working with John Christensen and Jenny Kimmis. It was good to see
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