The Tax Justice Network has submitted to the US Senate Finance Committee hearing on tax havens. Jersey and Guernsey both submitted evidence to that hearing
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I do care about Jersey
Tax needs to be regulated, worldwide
Yesterday’s FT editorial was important. In it they said: The liberation of finance is one of the most significant transformations brought about by today’s era
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PWC can’t do that
Accountancy Age says: PricewaterhouseCoopers, auditor of Yukos, has withdrawn ten year’s worth of audit opinions at the collapsed Russian oil group, after it became aware
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TJN in action – in the US
TJN USA is getting good press coverage: A recent presentation by Lucy Komisar of the Tax Justice Network at the Conference on Taming the Giant
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Tied aid isn’t aid
The FT has reported that: The much-trumpeted $5bn China-Africa Development Fund, portrayed by Beijing as economic assistance, will be used to invest exclusively in Chinese
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We only believe in competition when it suits us
I didn’t say that. What I am doing is paraphrasing the attitude of big business. Take this, for example, from today’s FT: Google on Monday
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Inequality harms everyone – except, maybe the very, very rich
The Guardian is running a series on inequality this week. If it’s as good as its opening article then it will be excellent. Read this
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Health inequality
I sometimes wish we could have articles in the accountancy press of the sort that are published in magazines like the British Medical Journal. Last
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