Is the Revenue's anti-avoidance policy working?
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006Rumour reached me that Ernst & Young are making 15 VAT staff, including two partners, redundant. Word on the street is that clients do not
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Good news from the Netherlands
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006My Dutch colleagues have given me feedback on the reception of the report we co-authored for SOMO to which I referred yesterday. The report, entitled
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The Netherlands: A Tax Haven?
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006I guess it’s fairly obvious that there is a short answer to the above question. It is ‘yes’. The Netherlands is a notorious tax haven.
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Do something - it won't take long
Monday, November 20th, 2006I’ve had my attention drawn to two petitions on the 10 Downing Street web site that UK readers might like to lend their support to.
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Company accounts
Monday, November 20th, 2006I promised to say what I thought should be in small company accounts. I will, over time. One thing was suggested by an article in
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Gordon Brown's sop to big business
Monday, November 20th, 2006There have been press reports that at a seminar on globalisation on Friday Gordon Brown offered tax concessions to big business. He’s offered to improve
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Welcome attack on the 'Monaco Millionaires'
Sunday, November 19th, 2006It’s good to see the UK making moves to change some of its tax rules for the wealthy onto a more realistic basis. Late last
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The irresponsibility of tax directors
Friday, November 17th, 2006I was thinking about the PWC poll of tax directors again. One finding has been nagging me. It’s this: Other stakeholders (excluding the above) that
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Whose fault is complexity?
Friday, November 17th, 2006PWC’s report for the World Bank, on which I have already commented, included the following observation: A particularly worrying consequence is that with the sheer
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