Margaret Hodge’s Public Accounts Committee have both HM Revenue & Customs and Amazon before them this afternoon. Of the two, HM Revenue & Customs is much the
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Excess household debt crashed the economy in 2008, and we’re heading there all over again
Larry Elliott’s Guardian article this morning is well worth reading in full. As he notes: The service sector has just about regained all the ground
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Barclays is forecasting a property slump
As Bloomberg report this morning: Barclays Plc joined and Bank of America Corp. in forecasting a … property slump, predicting home prices will fall at least 30 percent
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Tax abuse is not faceless: there’s always an accountant behind it
Jesse Drucker has become one of the leading journalists exposing tax abuse over the last few years. Now with Bloomberg he has a fascinating story
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In praise of the Association for Accountancy and Business Affairs’ blog
I mentioned yesterday the demise of the Liberal Conspiracy blog, which will be much missed. It seems only appropriate in the circumstances to promote another
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Farewell Liberal Conspiracy
Being a long term blogger takes commitment, as I know. Being a prolific long term blogger takes even more commitment. Sunny Hundal has been both
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Time to end HMRC’s recognition of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange
The Jersey Evening Post has published a long article tonight which both defends and criticises the Channel Islands stock exchange. Since they never miss a
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No surprise: big business does not like the accountability of country-by-country reporting
The indefatigable Tom Bergin at Reuters has been sifting through the submissions to the OECD on its transfer pricing documentation, of which I made one.
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