Polly Toynbee has written about banker’s pay in the Guardian this morning, saying in conclusion: Wherever you go in meetings or gatherings, people are incandescently
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Taxman defends debt retrieval priorities
Taxman defends debt retrieval priorities – Accountancy Age. The Revenue says it is not chasing debts of less than £10,000. Which is blatrantly absurd –
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And the winner of the race to the bottom is….Obwalden
As the Guardian reports: The canton of Obwalden is planning to launch "special living zones" for millionaires in an attempt to boost its tax take
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BDO can breathe again – but what about PWC?
BDO International can breathe again | AccMan . Dennis Howlett discusses BDO being klet off the hook becasue it proved in court it was a
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The charge sheet against tax havens
The recent Norwegian report on tax havens is impressive in paying out the charge sheet against tax havens / secrecy jurisdictions: Tax havens increase the
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Solving the pension crisis
I noticed this article in the FT last week: BT, sponsor of Britain’s largest pension scheme, shocked investors last month by revealing that it would
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A 10% extra tax on banks, and stop tax relief on banker’s pay
Goldman Sachs is supposedly having a great year: Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm’s 140-year
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Consider the paradox
The FT has noted: Just 8 per cent of the $1,000bn (£605bn) in .. infrastructure investment budgeted worldwide will be ready to start work by
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Country by country – the momentum builds
The FT has reported: Stephen Timms, financial secretary to the UK Treasury, will push this week for a move towards “country-by-country” financial reporting for multinationals.
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