It’s good to see the basis on which the so-called ‘NatWest 3’ are being prosecuted. When people appear to assist the creation of a deal
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Do tax practitioners need to exercise moral judgement?
Over at AccountingWEB Rebecca Bennyworth has posted a thoughtful piece on whether tax practitioners have to exercise moral judgement in the course of their work.
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The Tax Research Institute – Nottingham University Business School
Why am I promoting the Tax Research Institute at Nottingham University Business School? There are two reasons. The first is that it does good work,
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Too good a comment to hide
Dennis Howlett’s comment on the Apple article below is too good to be hidden away in the comments section. He wrote: My iPod says: Designed
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Giving a lie to profit maximisation
Companies are, according to many of their directors, meant to profit maximise. Indeed, some claim that is their legal duty (although there is no such
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Apple does a Microsoft and goes for secrecy in Ireland
Apple Corp is joining Microsoft in re-registering its Irish subsidiaries as unlimited companies according to a report in the Irish Sunday Business Post online. The
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Taxation is at the centre of development
The UK’s Department for International Development issued its third white paper since Labour came to power in 1997 yesterday. The theme was clear from the
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Jersey – on the slippery slopes to not knowing their clients
To date Jersey has had a quite unusual claim it can make in the financial services world. Unlike the UK, for example, it apparently requires
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Barclays’ CSR does not add up – by £1.5 billion
Barclays CEO John Varley spoke at the Fifth Ethical Corporation Summit in London on 31st May this year. One of the issues he raised was
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