When the world lives in fear of progressive taxes
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007The was an article in the Polish press yesterday with the title: Poland’s progressive tax system could alienate investors As the story said: Finance experts
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One third of large companies don't pay tax - Radio 4 pick up the theme
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The theme of this morning’s article in the FT on large companies not paying tax has been picked up on Radio 4’s World at One
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Never in the field of human saving has so much been taken from so many by so few
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Another front page story of significance this morning. Ashely Seagar in the Guardian reports that City bonuses have reached £14 billion this year. He suggests
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IFRS - compounding the problem, and auditors are neglecting their duty to say so
Friday, August 24th, 2007I wrote recently about how IFRS pension accounting would compound the current financial problems created by the irrational behaviour of the world’s so called financial
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Private equity cannot be solved by tinkering with CGT
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Accountancy Age has covered a story first reported by the FT and says: The private equity industry is facing a tough shake-up in the way
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The irrationality of markets
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007I have said relatively little about the financial turmoil of the last week or so. It proves what I have always known; that markets are
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The US moves against the biggest tax havens
Monday, August 20th, 2007The US is targeting the biggest tax havens in the world. The FT reports that: A pledge by Democrats in Congress to crack down on
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Redwood on Ireland
Sunday, August 19th, 2007John Redwood wrote a fevered article in the Telegraph today complaining no one has taken his message on the economy seriously, for which he blames
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Inheritance tax: The nonsense the non-Taxpayer's Alliance say
Friday, August 17th, 2007My media day continued. I did Radio Wales tonight with Matthew Elliott from what is called the Taxpayer’s Alliance. He spoke complete nonsense. Like the
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