I’ve been asked why businesses do not profit maximise (see my earlier post in which I said this). There are several reasons, but I’ll try
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Tax and Codes of Conduct
Dennis Howlett has been musing on tax over at Accmanpro. It’s worth having a look at what he’s thinking. I can see where he’s coming
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Does business have to make a profit?
The Tax Justice Network email forum has been seeing an interesting debate on tax, ethics and all such issues during which criticism arose of the
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There is always more than one way to finance a project
One of the regular readers of this blog is Chris Steel. I admire Chris a lot, for a great many reasons. One of them is
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The reason for progressive taxation
I was called by an academic at the Judge Institute at Cambridge University late last week. They were looking for a recent theoretical justification for
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An apology to those who have taken out RSS subscriptions
Having encouraged people to sign up for an RSS feed, I found the feed link had broken. I have no idea why, but it has
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An ethics syllabus for accountants?
I’ve been discussing the question of ethics with Dennis Howlett. He’s a man who has studied the subject, seriously. And he’s come up with a
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ICAEW Practice assurance
There are those who I know who forget that despite all the work I do on tax, corporate accountability and development I am also a
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A note of thanks
Yesterday was the most successful day ever for this site. 192 people visited. Each read more than 2 pages on average. Thank you. I appreciate
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