Do tax practitioners need to exercise moral judgement?
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Over at AccountingWEB Rebecca Bennyworth has posted a thoughtful piece on whether tax practitioners have to exercise moral judgement in the course of their work.
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The Tax Research Institute – Nottingham University Business School
Monday, July 17th, 2006Why am I promoting the Tax Research Institute at Nottingham University Business School? There are two reasons. The first is that it does good work,
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Giving a lie to profit maximisation
Monday, July 17th, 2006Companies are, according to many of their directors, meant to profit maximise. Indeed, some claim that is their legal duty (although there is no such
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Apple does a Microsoft and goes for secrecy in Ireland
Monday, July 17th, 2006Apple Corp is joining Microsoft in re-registering its Irish subsidiaries as unlimited companies according to a report in the Irish Sunday Business Post online. The
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Taxation is at the centre of development
Friday, July 14th, 2006The UK’s Department for International Development issued its third white paper since Labour came to power in 1997 yesterday. The theme was clear from the
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Jersey – on the slippery slopes to not knowing their clients
Thursday, July 13th, 2006To date Jersey has had a quite unusual claim it can make in the financial services world. Unlike the UK, for example, it apparently requires
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Barclays' CSR does not add up - by £1.5 billion
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006Barclays CEO John Varley spoke at the Fifth Ethical Corporation Summit in London on 31st May this year. One of the issues he raised was
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Oxford Centre for Business Taxation and the Monaco Boys
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006The Guardian reported yesterday on the habit of the “Monaco Boys” who live in that principality and work in the UK. Under the UK’s 90
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An accountants duty is to do the right thing
Thursday, July 6th, 2006John Cullinane of Deloittes argued in an Accountancy Age podcast yesterday (link to follow when I can find it) that an accountant can have their
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