The Tax Justice Network has been critical of Transparency International in the past. Our reason has been that its definition of corruption has been too
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Terry Le Sueur, finance minister of Jersey wrote to all members of the States of Jersey yesterday telling them why he thought Jersey will be
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A promoter of offshore schemes in the USA looks very likely to go to jail. As Smartpros.com reports: David Alan Struckman, co-founder of the “Institute
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I was at the ICAEW’s Philip Hardman lecture last night. I admit, it’s a bash usually worth attending and this year was no exception. The
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Rumour reaches me that two blogs here on HBOS have travelled a fair distance in the City. Good. That;s why I write this stuff. The
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I always think it’s a little vain when people self promote themselves for winning awards. But since this is something which I am genuinely unaccustomed
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The UN has a process called the General Assembly’s High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. This was created by the Monterrey Consensus. This was agreed
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The FT reports that Alastair Darling now believes that the Northern Rock debacle could cost the taxpayer money because it may be unable to repay
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The EU Parliament approved the following motion concerning IFRS 8 this morning: 1. Accepts the Commission’s proposal to endorse IFRS 8 incorporating US SFAS 131
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