The Office for National Statistics has revised its view of the current recession and GDP movements during this period. It’s allowed to do that, for
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The IMF and the need for infrastructure invetsment
The IMF said in its new economic forecasts published yesterday that there is a real need for infrastructure investment in the economy because: an increase
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BEPS: not bad, but could definitely do a lot better
The BEPS Monitoring Group, of which I am a member, has published a scorecard on the September BEPS releases. As the Group, which is led
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UK accounting standard for smaller companies has to be withdrawn – because it is illegal
One of the drivers for change in UK accounting is Tim Bush, who was a chartered accountant but who has now resigned in protest, and
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KPMG aren’t buying the tax and morality line
I have noted that PwC have accepted that morality has a role in tax this morning, but EY disagree. Then I started reading Tax Notes
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Charging for “bed and board” in the NHS is better described as a tax on the sick
The Guardian has reported that hospital patients could be asked to pay for their “bed and board” if funding does not match increasing demand. Apparently:
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The same old excuses come out down under
Tax Justice Network Australia and United Voices, an Australian trade union who I am pleased to work for, very recently published a report on the
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PwC have at long last admitted that tax and morality must mix
The pleasing FT headlines continue this morning. After news that Amazon has a tax avoidance case to answer comes this one: As the story relates:
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