Polly Toynbee’s portrait of Gordon Brown seems apposite: Gordon Brown went to the Institute of Directors this week bearing gifts: “Our aim, I tell you,
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 1st
These are my links for May 1st: EUROPE: Tax Havens Cheating the Poor – TJN’s John Christensen has been in action PM facing ‘renewables’ revolt
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The UK is responsible for its tax havens
The House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has reported on the UK’s Crown Protectorates a day after the Treasury Select Committee announced it was
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Bermuda is appalling
The Royal Gazette of Bermuda has noted that: Bermuda’s record in tackling money laundering and tightening compliance in the financial sector has been branded “appalling”
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I quietly despair
I despair of Gordon Brown. Yesterday he promised to cut corporation tax further, to follow up Alastair Darling’s promise of a corporation tax review the
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 30th
These are my links for April 30th: CBI supports new tax working party – Accountancy Age – I’m amazed! Authors denounce Tesco over Thai defamation
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Treasury Select Committee to investigate tax havens
The House of Commons’ Treasury Select Committee issued the follwoing press notice this afternoon: Treasury Committee press notice no.42 30 April 2008: For Immediate Release
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The bonus culture
According to the FT: Mervyn King launched an unusually fierce attack on the bonuses paid to City bankers on Tuesday and vowed to use his
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The double-headed Hydra
Yesterday’s news that a senior partner in international accountants PKF has been arrested on charges of blatant tax evasion is, I regret, a matter of
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