The case against cash accounting
Monday, October 30th, 2006AccountingWEB is starting a call for cash accounting for small businesses in UK tax returns. It’s calling it Cash Accounting for Small Enterprises, or the
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Enough of this self-congratulation in the Square Mile
Monday, October 30th, 2006It’s 20 years since ‘Big Bang’ in the City of London, which helped give rise to the overgrowth of our financial services sector. The Observer
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Tax compliance, avoidance and evasion. Getting the language right.
Monday, October 30th, 2006After my return from a few days away I had my attention drawn to an article in The Times by Anatole Kaletsky, who wrote on
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Sometimes people say nice things about you
Thursday, October 26th, 2006I’ve just realised I am in Accountancy Age twice this week. The second mention comes within the context of my considerable concern about the IASB’s
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US require tax risk to be reported
Thursday, October 26th, 2006I wrote the main opinion article in Accountancy Age this week. The subject was simple – that the US now require companies reporting under US
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The seven deadly sins - and tax and morality
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Apparently Ghandi defined the seven deadly sins as: * Wealth without Work* Pleasure without Conscience* Science without Humanity* Knowledge without Character* Politics without Principle* Commerce
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Tax Research in the Jersey Evening Post
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006The following appeared in the letters page of the Jersey Evening Post on 24 October 2006 (except that I’ve corrected it’s typographical errors, a sin
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The Vatican on corruption
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006The Vatican published a paper on corruption last month. It doesn’t matter that you’re not a Catholic: it doesn’t matter that you don’t believe in
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Who wins from the Tories?
Friday, October 20th, 2006I know others have already done some of this, but I couldn’t resist looking at who wins from the Tories proposed tax reforms. So I’ve
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