{"id":24528,"date":"2014-04-11T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T14:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=24528"},"modified":"2014-04-11T15:43:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T14:43:04","slug":"the-new-person-charged-with-stopping-transfer-pricing-abuse-is-a-kpmg-partner-another-fox-in-the-hen-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2014\/04\/11\/the-new-person-charged-with-stopping-transfer-pricing-abuse-is-a-kpmg-partner-another-fox-in-the-hen-house\/","title":{"rendered":"The new person charged with stopping transfer pricing abuse is a KPMG partner – another fox in the hen house"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s odd how much happens in a week when you just don\u2019t feel up to \u00a0writing.<\/p>\n

Some are big, but many are small and yet deeply symbolic. Take the appointment of a new head of transfer pricing at the OECD as an example<\/a>. It is not mainstream news stuff \u2014 but in a\u00a0 world where tax abuse by multinational companies is rampant and the demand that they be brought to book dominated many political agendas throughout 2013 this is important.<\/p>\n

And that new head of transfer pricing at the body that is meant to set the rules to eliminate abuse is Andrew Hickman. No, I\u2019d never heard of him either until now. But all you need to know is that he was a tax partner at KPMG in London. And that he replaces someone who was formerly a tax partner at PWC.<\/p>\n

The Big 4 accountants continue to capture the world\u2019s tax authorities so that they can continue to play their games of abuse \u2014 abuse they permit by being in all the world\u2019s major tax havens, for a start<\/a>. Now we have a head of OECD transfer pricing from KPMG and a chair of HMRC from KPMG, and something pretty similar is going on in Australia, if I recall correctly.<\/p>\n

These people are not there to reform the system. These people are there to ensure the system is maintained as it is because those who profit most from it are, almost certainly, the Big 4 who have a monopoly in providing advice on how it, supposedly, works (even though, very obviously, it does not work at all \u2014 except for their benefit).<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to say you could not make this stuff up, but you can. This is what neoliberalism delivers \u2014 the corporate state, run by business for the benefit of a few in business. In that case is it any surprise that right now it appears that\u00a0the OECD is not making any real progress at all on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting? All that politics is now being shredded by those inside the system\u00a0<\/span>to ensure that the burden of tax continues to be shifted from capital onto labour \u2014 which is you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now you know why the fight for tax justice has to go on. It\u2019s core to our freedom. We thought we saw some progress last year. Right now 2014 looks to be the year when business is fighting back hard - and so far, it's winning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s odd how much happens in a week when you just don\u2019t feel up to \u00a0writing. Some are big, but many are small and yet
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