Ernst & Young abusing their own Code of Conduct at Walmart
Monday, October 29th, 2007Sometimes someone covers a story in a way that you don’t think you can better. Dennis Howlett has done so on Ernst & Young’s role
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Zambia wants the tax it's owed
Monday, October 29th, 2007Nick Mathiason of the Observer has been in Zambia looking at the issue of tax not paid by that countries copper industry. In doing so
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The Isle of Man has failed the EU Code of Conduct on Business Taxation
Sunday, October 28th, 2007On Friday the Isle of Man confirmed the story trailed here on 16 October that its tax system, which it claimed complied with the requirements
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KMPG really said it - 2
Thursday, October 25th, 2007I noted recently one of the absurd claims made by KPMG in their recent report on tax and CSR. There are more. Take this from
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KPMG really said it - 1
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007I’ve been giving the recent KPMG paper on tax and CSR a more thorough read. It’s made me think a lot, but as usual with
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Capital Gains Tax after the Pre-Budget Report
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Alastair Darling announced in the Pre-Budget Report: a major reform of capital gains tax, introducing a single rate of 18 per cent from April 2008,
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Tax, democracy, society and equality
Friday, October 19th, 2007Comments made following the launch of the TJN / AABA Code of Conduct for Taxation yesterday questioned the links between democracy and taxation. For example,
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The Isle of Man cannot comment on why it does not comply with the EU Code of Conduct
Friday, October 19th, 2007I have tried to get a straight answer from the Isle of Man on whether their 0 / 10 tax legislations has been approved by
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Why we need a Code of Conduct for Taxation
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Accountancy Age featured the following article by me this morning on its editorial pages (link to follow): Tax has always been close to the accountant’s
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