An accounting standard for carbon?
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006Almost since its inception the Tax Justice Network has been developing and promoting the International Financial Reporting Standard calling for country-by-country reporting by all quoted
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Accountants can't do it - but campaigners can
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006I have already noted the complete absence of comment by the professional bodies representing accountants regarding the dropping of corruption allegations concerning BAE. Now we
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Will Citibank settle?
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006Citibank is being sued for $36 million in Switzerland by an irate customer whose bank account was defrauded by an employee, in which fraud he’s
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Where are the accountants on BAE?
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006The collapse of the investigation into BAE last week was a national disaster. I know Blair thinks he’s preserved jobs and the UK’s ties with
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A guide to tax work for NGOs
Monday, December 18th, 2006A new publication called “A guide to tax work for NGOs”,written by Joel Friedman and published by the International Budget Project has just been published.
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All Jersey trusts are grantor trusts in US law - or so it seems
Monday, December 18th, 2006A lawyer with some sympathy for what is argued here sent me the following, which comes from the IRS in the USA: Q: Who is
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Where are the accountants on Goldman Sachs
Monday, December 18th, 2006Condemnation of the level of bonuses being paid in the City this year has been almost universal. When the daily Telegraph in the UK and
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Running scared
Thursday, December 14th, 2006The following letter appeared in the Jersey Evening Post yesterday. Both were in response to a feature which only gave Senator Walker’s view on this
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Another Jersey myth - that their fulfilment industry competes with iTunes
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006Jersey has often claimed that its on-line fulfilment industry competes with the music download market run by the likes of iTunes. This explanation is, of
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